tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21819008495213087742024-02-20T15:14:56.450-08:00New York Area SAS Users Group<b> The Official Blog of the NYASUG! </b>Richard Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202210755848307854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181900849521308774.post-71743746987193581672010-12-02T12:59:00.000-08:002010-12-02T19:39:35.088-08:00NYASUG Meeting This Month!!!!!<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>Location: St Johns University 101 Murray Street New York, NY 10007 Room 118 </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">08:30-09:00 Coffee and Conversation </span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Morning Program:</span></b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">09:00- 09:50 Peter Flom </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Peter Flom Consulting</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Ordinal and Multinomial Regression</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"> </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">09:50-10:05 Random Access and Break</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">10:05-10:55 Mike Zdeb </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Searching for Variable Values with CAT Functions:</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><i>University of Albany Alternative to Arrays and Loops</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">11:00-11:50 Mike Zdeb </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Hot Tips from SAS® - LUniversity of Albany </span></i><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">11:50--1:15 pm Lunch </span></u></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Afternoon Program:</u></b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">01:15-02:05 Christianna Williams </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Independent Consultant,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Chapel Hill, NC</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Using Proc Format for Data Validation and Clean Up</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">02:10-03:00 Jane Stroupe </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">SAS® Institute Inc. </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Dear Miss SAS® Answers: A Guide to Sorting your Data </span></i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">03:00-03:15 Break</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">03:15-04:05 Christianna Williams</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Independent Consultant </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Chapel Hill, NC</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">A Row Is a Row Is a Row, Or Is It? Get Comfortable with</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Transposing your Data</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">04:10-05:00 Jane Stroupe </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">SAS® Institute Inc. </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Dear Ms SAS® Answers: A Guide to Efficient SQL Coding </span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Please Note: NEW LOCATION!!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Bring your copy of the Newsletter for identification and stop by the Security Desk for directions. Please be courteous and understanding with security personnel. Thanks.</span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Note that meeting schedule may be subject to change.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;">Please RSVP by email to <a href="mailto:Debi25@aol.com">Debi25@aol.com</a> with 'coming to Dec. 14 mtg' in subject or body of the email. </span></i><br />
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</i>Richard Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202210755848307854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181900849521308774.post-89624961813068413592009-12-25T05:34:00.000-08:002010-01-06T18:17:23.867-08:00NY SAS Users Group Meeting Jan. 14, 2010!<div style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">The next NYASUG meeting has been scheduled at Pace University on Thursday, January 14th. Directions to the exact location and information for accessing speakers' papers will be sent closer to the meeting date. Meanwhile, if you think that you will attend, please let us know by sending a reply to this notice to <a href="mailto:Debi25@aol.com">Debi Reece</a> with "Coming to NYASUG January 14" in the subject line or body of the email.<br />
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The meeting room has limited capacity so we will need RSVPs for this meeting. In addition, for security purposes, we will need to supply a list of names to the University.<br />
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<b>Tentative Schedule:</b><br />
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<i>08:30 - 09:00 <b>Coffee and Conversation</b></i><br />
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<b>Tips from the Trenches:</b><br />
<b>Some Uncommon Solutions to Common Problems</b> <br />
<i>09:00-09:50 Christopher Bost</i><br />
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<i>09:50-10:20 <b>Random Access and Break</b></i><br />
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<b>Boot Camp for Programmers: </b><br />
<b>Stuff you Need to Know that’s not in the Manual</b><br />
<b>Best Practices to Help us Achieve Reproducibility</b> <br />
<i>10:20-11:15 Elizabeth Axelrod</i><br />
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<b>Using SAS System and Dataset Options to Control Your Data</b><br />
<i>11:15-12:10 David Franklin</i><br />
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<i>12:10--1:30</i> <b>Lunch</b><br />
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<b>Creepy Character </b><br />
<b>Don't Resort to Re-Sort</b><br />
<b>A Few of my Favorite Things: </b><br />
<b>Goodies Gleaned from SAS Conferences</b><br />
<i>01:30-02:25 Elizabeth Axelrod</i><br />
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<i>02:25-02:40</i> <b>Break</b><br />
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<b>Identifying Duplicate Records </b><br />
<b>Some Unexpected Results w/PROC SORT and NODUPRECS</b><br />
<i>02:40-03:30 David Franklin</i> <br />
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<b>Should I Build a Segmented Model?: </b><br />
<b>A Practitioner's Perspective</b><br />
<i>03:30-04:20 Krishna Mehta</i> <br />
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