Western Users of SAS Software 2006 proceedings:

Western Users of SAS Software 2006: Best Papers and honorable mentions

Easy Methods to Investigate Large Datasets Using ODS Graphics and New Features in SS 9
  Aimee Foreman, Ovation Research Group, San Francisco, CA; Miriam Cisternas, Ovation Research Group, Carlsbad, CA (Best Contributed Paper in Analytics)
What's the DIF?
  Nikki Carroll, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Best Contributed Paper in Coders' Corner)
Font Color or Highlight? You Name It!
  Guanjun Feng, PacifiCare -A United Healthcare Co., Cypress, CA (Best Contributed Paper or Poster by a First-Time Presenter in Coders' Corner)
Using Arrays to Calculate Medication Utilization
  Scott Leslie, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (Best Contributed Paper or Poster by a First-Time Presenter in Coders' Corner)
How to Leverage Oracle Bulk-load for Performance
  Jun Cai, Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (Best Contributed Paper in Data Integration and ETL)
A Researcher's Guide to Making Descriptive and Analytic Tables that are Ready to Publish
  Kathryn Martin, Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California (Best Contributed Paper in Data Presentation and Business Intelligence)
"Table 1" in Scientific Manuscripts; Using PROC REPORT and the ODS System
  Carter Sevick, DoD Center for Deployment Health Research, San Diego, CA (Best Contributed Poster in Posters)

Analytics
Coders' Corner
Data Integration and ETL
Data Presentation and Business Intelligence
Hands-On Workshops
Industry Solutions
Management, Careers and Professional Development
Posters
SAS Essentials
Tutorials

Analytics

Mixed Model Selection via the Information-Theoretic Approch using SAS
Jesse A. Canchola, California State University, East Bay; Torsten B. Neilands, University of California, San Francisco
Pages: 7 Size: 120 Kb

Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me . . . You're Using the Wrong Proc!
David L. Cassell, Design Pathways, Corvallis, OR
Pages: 11 Size: 50 Kb

Hierarchical Logistic Regression Modeling with SAS GLIMMIX
Jian Dai, University of California, Davis, CA; Zhongmin Li, University of California, Davis, CA; David Rocke, University of California, Davis, CA
Pages: 9 Size: 145 Kb

Model Selection Methods in PROC MIXED
George C J Fernandez, University of Nevada - Reno, Reno NV 89557
Pages: 19 Size: 1926 Kb

Best Contributed Paper
Easy Methods to Investigate Large Datasets Using ODS Graphics and New Features in SS 9
Aimee Foreman, Ovation Research Group, San Francisco, CA; Miriam Cisternas, Ovation Research Group, Carlsbad, CA
Pages: 10 Size: 698 Kb

Multi-Dimensional Data Presentation
Karl Glaser, Roche Colorado Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
Pages: 8 Size: 165 Kb

How to Analyze Terabytes of Data with a Word
Mark Gustafson, Analysis Group Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Pages: 8 Size: 286 Kb

Using Propensity Scores to Adjust For Treatment Selection Bias
Scott Leslie, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA; Patrick Thiebaud, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA
Pages: 4 Size: 837 Kb

The Logic and Logistics of Logistic Regression
Lawrence Rasouliyan; Ovation Research Group, San Francisco, California; Dave P. Miller; Ovation Research Group, San Francisco, California
Pages: 14 Size: 155 Kb

Environmental Samples Below the Limits of Detection - Comparing Regression Methods to Predict Environmental Concentrations
Daniel Smith, Environmental Health Investigations Branch, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA; Elana Silver, Environmental Health Investigations Branch, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA; Martha Harnly, Environmental Health Investigations Branch, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA
Pages: 8 Size: 412 Kb

Creating Statistical Graphics in SAS 9.2: What Every Statistical User Should Know
Robert N. Rodriguez, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina, USA; Tonya E. Balan, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina, USA
Pages: 32 Size: 972 Kb

An Approach Finding the Right Tolerance Level for Clinical Data Acceptance
Karen Walker, Walker Consulting LLC, Chandler, Arizona
Pages: 5 Size: 186 Kb

Find the Best Prospects for a New Product by Using a Data Mining Model
Ting Wu, Education Testing Services, Monterey, CA
Pages: 8 Size: 68 Kb

Coders' Corner

Best Contributed Paper
What's the DIF?
Nikki Carroll, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO
Pages: 4 Size: 41 Kb

Easy Graphs with PROC FORMAT, PROC GPLOT, and ODS
Apryl DeLancey, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, Santa Monica, CA
Pages: 5 Size: 68 Kb

Best Contributed Paper or Poster by a First-Time Presenter
Font Color or Highlight? You Name It!
Guanjun Feng, PacifiCare -A United Healthcare Co., Cypress, CA
Pages: 4 Size: 118 Kb

Dynamic Code Creation Using Call Symput and the SAS Macro Language
Mark Gustafson, Analysis Group Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Pages: 4 Size: 287 Kb

A Close Look at Numeric Formats
Vijay Kumar, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA
Pages: 3 Size: 142 Kb

Applying SPC Methods to Improve Work Flows in High Volume Business Environment
Arkady M. Kushnir, American Express, Salt Lake City, UT
Pages: 13 Size: 96 Kb

Simple Rules to Know When Working With Indexes
Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation, Spring Valley, CA
Keywords: Index Where-clause
Pages: 4 Size: 394 Kb

Best Contributed Paper or Poster by a First-Time Presenter
Using Arrays to Calculate Medication Utilization
Scott Leslie, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA
Pages: 4 Size: 280 Kb

Calculating Duration via the Lagged Values of Variables
Pon Su, Health Economics Resource Center (HERC), Department of Veterans Affairs, Menlo Park, CA
Pages: 4 Size: 53 Kb

Using SAS Catalog and Printto to Document SAS Projects
Patrick Thornton, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
Pages: 5 Size: 180 Kb

Essential ODS Techniques for Creating Reports in PDF
Patrick Thornton, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
Pages: 6 Size: 259 Kb

Missing Fun with Functions
Kathryn Valdés, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
Pages: 5 Size: 103 Kb

Parameter Gathering Techniques for Data Driven Programming
Renato G. Villacorte, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, Santa Monica, CA
Pages: 5 Size: 26 Kb

Get the Correct Hazard Ratio from SAS PROC PHREG Procedure
Betty Ying Wang, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Pages: 7 Size: 88 Kb

Data Integration and ETL

Best Contributed Paper
How to Leverage Oracle Bulk-load for Performance
Jun Cai, Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO
Pages: 10 Size: 87 Kb

What's New in Data Quality?
Pat Herbert, DataFlux – A SAS Company, Cary, NC
Pages: 6 Size: 96 Kb

Advanced Warehousing with SAS 9
Gary Mehler, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC
Pages: 17 Size: 375 Kb

Optimizing Your SAS Performance with Grid Computing
Sy Truong, Meta?Xceed, Inc, Milpitas, CA
Keywords: Grid Computing Benchmark SAS Performance
Pages: 10 Size: 397 Kb

Examples of Data Manipulation in SAS: Filling in "Known" Missing Data
Chong Ho Yu, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287
Pages: 5 Size: 215 Kb

Using SAS to Create Teradata Multiload Scripts and Check Load Status
Wei Zhang, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pages: 6 Size: 58 Kb

Data Presentation and Business Intelligence

n the Compute Block: Issues Associated with Using and Naming Variables
Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants
Keywords: PROC REPORT Compute Block Computed variables Composite names Report items
Pages: 9 Size: 62 Kb

SAS's Various Varying Variables, or 1000+ Ways to Manipulate SAS Variables
Paul A. Choate, California State Developmental Services, Sacramento, CA
Pages: 14 Size: 358 Kb

Release 2.1 of SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office - Bringing Microsoft PowerPoint into the Mix
Jennifer Clegg, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC; Eric Hill, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC
Pages: 20 Size: 1088 Kb

Enterprise Guide for Business Analysts
Sunil Gupta, Quintiles, Thousand Oaks, CA
Pages: 10 Size: 505 Kb

Information for All: Why and How to Make Accessible SAS Output
Jennifer Harper, MSPH, California Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control (EPIC) Branch, Sacramento, CA; Lisa Pappas, SAS Institute, Cary, NC
Pages: 7 Size: 260 Kb

Creating and Modiying PDF Bookmarks
Tikiri Karunasundera, Allergan Inc., Irvine CA
Pages: 6 Size: 232 Kb

A Dashboard Application Developed Using SAS GRAPH Proc Annotate
Timothy A. Kenney, Kenney IS Consulting, Inc., Ojai, CA
Pages: 8 Size: 48 Kb

PDF Can be Pretty Darn Fancy: Tips and Tricks for the ODS PDF Destination
Pete Lund, Looking Glass Analytics, Olympia, WA
Pages: 19 Size: 1731 Kb

Best Contributed Paper
A Researcher's Guide to Making Descriptive and Analytic Tables that are Ready to Publish
Kathryn Martin, Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
Pages: 10 Size: 62 Kb

SAS/MACRO NOTES: LInes and Columns in the Log
Paul D Sherman, San Jose, CA
Keywords: (Line):(Column) Log NOTE: Line Numbers Macro debugging
Pages: 11 Size: 229 Kb

Make Your IT Resource Work Hard When and Where You Need In Your BI Environment
Barbara Sutton, Hewlett-Packard Company, Cupertino, Califormia; Sue Davis, Hewlett-Packard Company, Cupertino, Califormia
Pages: 10 Size: 333 Kb

SAS Macros for Creating Custom Formatted Excel Workbooks
James J. Van Campen, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
Pages: 6 Size: 172 Kb

Between Automation and Exploration: SAS Graphing Techniques for Visualization of Survey Data
Chong Ho Yu, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Samuel DiGangi, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Angel Jannasch-Pennell, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Pages: 8 Size: 298 Kb

Hands-On Workshops

Data Driven Annotations: An Introduction to SAS/GRAPH's Annotate Facility
Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants
Keywords: Annotate functions Annotate Facility Annotate table Annotate variables ANNO= option
Pages: 17 Size: 374 Kb

Creating AND Importing Multi-Sheet Excel Workbooks the Easy Way with SAS
Vince DelGobbo, SAS Institute Inc., Carey, NC
Keywords: Microsoft Excel ODS XML XLSP2SAS multi-sheet workbook SAS XML Libname Engine SAS XMLMap
Pages: 20 Size: 669 Kb

Introduction to Summary Tables in SAS Enterprise Guide
Lora D. Delwiche, University of California, Davis, CA; Susan J. Slaughter, Avocet Solutions, Davis, CA
Pages: 15 Size: 1169 Kb

WHERE vs. IF Statements: Examples in Usage and Differences
Sunil Gupta, Quintiles, Thousand Oaks, CA
Pages: 11 Size: 132 Kb

Getting in to the Picture (Format)
Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services, Sonoma, CA USA
Pages: 16 Size: 206 Kb

A Hands-On Tour Inside the World of SQL
Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation, Spring Valley, CA
Keywords: PROC SQL queries views joins
Pages: 11 Size: 256 Kb

A Pragmatic Programmers Introduction to Data Integration Studio: Hands on Workshop
Gregory S. Nelson; ThotWave Technologies, Cary, North Carolina
Keywords: ETL Studio Data Integration Studio data warehousing change data capture transformations ETL.
Pages: 36 Size: 2272 Kb

Industry Solutions

Have It Both Ways: Macros that Produce Publication- Quality Tables and Stand-alone Code
Linda Collins, PharmaStat LLC, Newark, CA; Lisa Brooks, VaxGen Inc., Brisbane, CA; Michael Rea, VaxGen, Inc., Brisbane, CA; Alan Hopkins, PharmaStat LLC, Newark, CA
Pages: 19 Size: 98 Kb

Real-Time Sales Volumes Projection with SAS - A Challenge in Implementing a Data-Based Solution in the Automobile Industry
Keiko I. Powers, J. D. Power and Associates, Westlake Village, CA
Pages: 8 Size: 52 Kb

New CDISC Training Initiative
Dana Rafiee, Destiny Corporation, Rocky Hill, CT
Pages: 2 Size: 25 Kb

Step by Step PROC CDISC and More
Sy Truong, Meta?Xceed, Inc, Milpitas, CA
Keywords: PROC CDISC SDTM ODM CDISC Implementation
Pages: 19 Size: 921 Kb

Text Mining Internet Discussion Groups: an Automotive Case Study
John Wallace, Business Researchers, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Pages: 7 Size: 112 Kb

Management, Careers and Professional Development

Mapping Performance Skills: A Leadership Code Book
MaryAnne D. Hope, Health Services Advisory Group, Phoenix, Arizona; Laura A. Giordano, Health Services Advisory Group, Phoenix, Arizona
Keywords: Management leadership performance evaluation resource managment
Pages: 2 Size: 36 Kb

From the Outhouse to the Penthouse: 5 Secrets to Enhancing Your Net Worth in the SAS Marketplace
Molly Meade Hall, Synchrony Solutions, Redondo Beach, CA
Pages: 5 Size: 130 Kb

How to Keep Your Job and Advance in Your Career: A Panel of Manager Viewpoints
Dana Rafiee, Destiny Corporation; Jan Hanley, Rand Corporation; Pete Yribar, Genentech Inc; Jim Baker, Amgen, Inc; Paul LaBrec, i3 Statprobe
Pages: 1 Size: 49 Kb

Managing Remote and Virtual Teams: Real World Examples form SAS Professionals
Sarbjit Rai,Genentech Inc.;Dana Rafiee, Destiny Corporation;Sy Truong, Meta-Xceed Inc,;Pete Yribar, Genentech Inc;Steve Yao, Amgen Inc
Pages: 1 Size: 50 Kb

Changing Careers to Become a SAS Programmer in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical Industry
Sy Truong, Meta?Xceed, Inc, Milpitas, CA
Keywords: SAS Career Biotech Pharmaceutical
Pages: 9 Size: 259 Kb

Techniques For Introducing SAS To Novice Programmers
Renato G. Villacorte, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, Santa Monica, CA
Pages: 4 Size: 36 Kb

Posters

Skewness, Multicollinearity, Heteroskedasticity - You Name It, Cost Data Have It! Solutions to Violations of Assumptions of Ordinary Least Squares Regression Model Using SAS
Leonor Ayyangar, Health Economics Resource Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA
Pages: 7 Size: 102 Kb

Detecting Structural Change Using SAS ETS Procedures
Archie J. Calise, Queensborough College of the City University of New York; Joseph Earley, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Pages: 7 Size: 119 Kb

Just Skip It!
Helen Carey, Carey Consulting, Kaneohe, HI
Pages: 8 Size: 134 Kb

Turn Your SAS Programs into Web Applications, the Simple Way
Mickey Cheng, AMGEN, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Pages: 7 Size: 322 Kb

Using SAS Macros to Track Student Retention, Progression, and Graduation Rates
Gary Levy, University of Utah, Office of Budget & Institutional Analysis (OBIA); David Ma, University of Utah, Office of Budget & Institutional Analysis (OBIA)
Pages: 10 Size: 293 Kb

Testing for Verb Types in Spanish: An Application of SAS to Corpus Linguistics
Roberto Mayoral-Hernández, University of Southern California; Lindsey Chen, University of Southern California
Pages: 6 Size: 245 Kb

Getting Your Random Sample In PROC SQL
Richard Severino, Convergence CT, Honolulu, HI
Pages: 14 Size: 630 Kb

Best Contributed Poster
"Table 1" in Scientific Manuscripts; Using PROC REPORT and the ODS System
Carter Sevick, DoD Center for Deployment Health Research, San Diego, CA
Pages: 19 Size: 320 Kb

PROC SQL: A Powerful Tool to Improve Your Data Quality
Keh-Dong Shiang, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
Keywords: PROC SQL SAS Macro Data Validation
Pages: 10 Size: 263 Kb

Using SAS/CONNECT and the Windows API to Preserve File DateTime Stamps in a Platform Migration Project
Wayne Woo, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Emeryville, CA
Pages: 5 Size: 21 Kb

SAS Essentials

Guided Tour Through the SAS Windowing Environment
Casey Cantrell, Clarion Consulting, Los Angeles, CA
Pages: 19 Size: 1200 Kb

Time to Take the Wheel: A Hands-On Introduction to SAS Programming
Casey Cantrell, Clarion Consulting, Los Angeles, CA
Pages: 20 Size: 1522 Kb

How to Find Asnwers: Using SAS Resources
Ginger Carey, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, HI; Helen Carey, Carey Consulting, K?ne‘ohe, HI
Keywords: Resouces documentation web sites help OnlineDoc training SAS-L books Users Groups sample code
Pages: 17 Size: 1111 Kb

SAS Date and Time Functions 101
Nikki Carroll, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO
Pages: 10 Size: 63 Kb

ERRORs, WARNINGs, and NOTEs (Oh My) A Practical Guide to Debugging SAS Programs
Lora D. Delwiche, University of California, Davis, CA; Susan J. Slaughter, Avocet Solutions, Davis, CA
Pages: 15 Size: 344 Kb

Introduction to Formats: Simplifying Programming and Improving Data Presentation
Elizabeth A. Roth, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
Pages: 11 Size: 52 Kb

The Easy Way to Flexible Code: SAS Macro Variables
Mel Widawski, Brettmel Development
Pages: 8 Size: 28 Kb

Tutorials

Advanced PROC Report: Traffic Lighting - Controlling Cell Attributes With Your Data
Arthur L. Carpenter, California Occidental Consultants
Keywords: Traffic Lighting CALL DEFINE STYLE= Formats ODS
Pages: 16 Size: 141 Kb

Sample Survey Data and the Procs you OUGHT To Be Using
David L. Cassell, Design Pathways, Corvallis, OR
Pages: 13 Size: 174 Kb

SAS/AF Software Rises Again - Enhancements in SS 9.2
Lynn Curley, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC
Pages: 14 Size: 129 Kb

The Beginners Guide to ODS MARKUP: Don't Panic
Eric Gebhart, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC
Pages: 20 Size: 536 Kb code from GitHub download

Steps to Success with PROC MEANS
Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services, Sonoma, CA USA
Pages: 12 Size: 97 Kb

Tips & Techniques with PROC MEANS
Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services, Sonoma, CA USA
Pages: 8 Size: 61 Kb

Output Delivery System Tips and Techniques
Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation, Spring Valley, CA
Pages: 12 Size: 484 Kb

Exploring SAS Generation Data Sets
Kirk Paul Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation, Spring Valley, CA
Keywords: Generation data sets generation groups
Pages: 10 Size: 705 Kb

User Written DATA Step Functions
Jason Secosky, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC
Pages: 9 Size: 174 Kb

"Table 1" in Scientific Manuscripts; Using PROC REPORT and the ODS System
Carter Sevick, DoD Center for Deployment Health Research, San Diego, CA
Pages: 19 Size: 320 Kb

PROC GENMOD with GEE to Analyze Correlated Outcomes Data Using SAS
Tyler Smith; Besa Smith, Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA
Pages: 14 Size: 152 Kb

The Basics of Structural Equation Modeling
Diana Suhr, University of Northern Colorado
Pages: 19 Size: 130 Kb

Clean Up Your Act: Data Cleaning with SAS
Mel Widawski, Brettmel Development
Pages: 9 Size: 56 Kb

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