The First Quarter, 2008 Michigan SAS Users Group meeting will be held on Thursday, February 7, 2008, from 2:00-4:30 PM at United BioSource, Inc. (2200 Commonwealth Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105- off Plymouth Rd, approximately 1 mile west of the US-23 interchange). There is no charge for attending this meeting!
Agenda:"Passing Data Set Values Into Application Parameters", Lingqun Liu, University of Michigan
"Using the WHO Drug Dictionary for Reporting Clinical Trials", Tom Peppard, deCODE Genetics
"Using the Data Step's ATTRIB Statement to both Document and Manage SAS Datasets", Phil Wright, University of Michigan Survey Research Center
"PROC INFOMAPS - Let Your Design Document Build Your SAS V9 Information Maps", Chuck Bininger, Comsys
"Check Out These Pipes: Using Microsoft Windows Commands From SAS", Brian Varney, Comsys
This meeting is being hosted by United BioSource, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Titles from the SAS Press Series Fall/Winter 2007For more details about these titles or to place an order, please visit support.sas.com/publishing or call 1-800-727-3228.
Saving Time and Money Using SAS By: Phil HollandIn this expert collection of strategic and tactical solutions, author Philip Holland shows you how to save time and money by making the most of your SAS software. You'll gain a deeper knowledge of your existing SAS components, improve your coding efficiency, and learn how to develop applications that are easier to maintain. Filled with invaluable tips and hints and with coding examples that can be adapted to your specific projects, this book is the ultimate reference source that you will reach for again and again as you develop your business processes.
ISBN: 978-1-59047-574-4 List price: 34.95 USD Analyzing Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves with SAS By: Mithat GonenAs a diagnostic decision-making tool, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves provide a comprehensive and visually attractive way to summarize the accuracy of predictions. They are extensively used in medical diagnosis and increasingly in fields such as data mining, credit scoring, weather forecasting, and psychometry. In this example-driven book, author Mithat Gönen illustrates the many existing SAS procedures that can be tailored to produce ROC curves and expands upon further analyses using other SAS procedures and macros. Both parametric and nonparametric methods for analyzing ROC curves are covered in detail.
ISBN: 978-1-59994-298-8 List price: 31.95 USDPredictive Modeling with SAS Enterprise Miner: Practical Solutions for Business Applications
By: Kattamuri SarmaPredictive Modeling with SAS Enterprise Miner: Practical Solutions for Business Applications demonstrates how to make the fullest use of SAS Enterprise Miner software. Dr. Sarma provides an in-depth explanation of the methodology and the theory behind each tool that he covers, and then shows you how the software performs the tasks. Step by step, you'll be able to compare manual calculations with the calculations that are performed by SAS Enterprise Miner. Examples from the insurance and banking industries are based on simulated, but realistic, data. The approaches discussed in this book are relevant to any industry.
ISBN: 978-1-59047-703-8 List price: 64.95 USDMeasurement, Analysis, and Control Using JMP: Quality Techniques for Manufacturing
By: Jack ReeceFor a manufacturing activity to remain competitive, engineers must rigorously apply statistics methodologies that enable them to understand the sources and consequences of uncontrolled process variation. In this example-rich text, author Jack Reece explains simple comparative statistics and demonstrates how to use JMP to examine raw data graphically and to generate regression models involving fixed and random effects. Although many of the examples rely on case studies, largely in the semiconductor manufacturing area, the principles described and the methods used apply generally to the study of any process or manufacturing activity. This book assumes that the reader has some knowledge of JMP software, but does not assume extensive statistical knowledge
ISBN: 978-1-59047-885-1 List price: 59.95 USD Introduction to Design of Experiments with JMP Examples, 3rd Edition By: Jacques Goupy and Lee CreightonIllustrated with numerous real-world examples borrowed from a broad base of industries, Introduction to Designed Experiments with JMP Examples, Third Edition, employs a gentle, progressive approach to using designed experiments. The book covers basic ideas, terminology, and the application of techniques necessary to conduct a study using the design of experiments (DOE) framework. The text is written for researchers and engineers who want to create well-organized experiments and obtain results that will yield the best possible information and insights. JMP software is integrated throughout the text and examples of the book, allowing you to solve problems efficiently, make decisions, and gain experience using JMP software.
ISBN: 978-1-59994-422-7 List Price: 69.95 USDJMP Start Statistics: A Guide to Statistics and Data Analysis Using JMP, Fourth Edition
By: John Sall, Lee Creighton, and Ann LehmanJMP Start Statistics: A Guide to Statistics and Data Analysis Using JMP, Fourth Edition, is a complete and orderly introduction to analyzing data using JMP statistical discovery software from SAS. A mix of software manual and statistics text, this book provides hands-on tutorials with just the right amount of conceptual and motivational material to illustrate how to use JMP's intuitive interface for data analysis. Each chapter features concept-specific tutorials, examples, brief reviews of concepts, step-by-step illustrations, and exercises. This book is a great tool for statistics students or practitioners needing a software-related statistics review.
ISBN: 978-1-59994-572-9 List Price: 59.95 USD Marketing Automation: Practical Steps to More Effective Direct Marketing By: Jeff LeSueurStraightforward and balanced, this essential guide presents a new and better way to strengthen your competitive position by using your precious customer data to increase your bottom line. Required reading for executives, marketing managers, and anyone needing to know the essentials of maximizing the profitability of every customer relationship for their business, Marketing Automation makes every marketing dollar count with a sound road map all executives can understand and follow.
ISBN: 978-0-470-12542-7 List Price: 39.95 USDFair Lending Compliance: Intelligence and Implications for Credit Risk Management
By: Clark Abrahams and Sunny ZhangFair lending is no longer just a compliance issue -- it arguably has a significant impact on an institution's business growth and line operations. New ways of thinking about credit risk and credit access, supported by sound and powerful analytical methods, are required in order to seize revenue opportunities of an ever-expanding pool of credit consumers, while meeting regulatory challenges relative to lending products and practices. To that end, this book describes the frameworks and their building blocks for an effective compliance program and related risk measurement systems. The analysis methodologies explained in the book can help leverage alternative data and the next generation of credit models.
ISBN: 978-0-470-16776-2 List Price: 65.00 USD Introduction to Design of Experiments with JMP Examples, Third Edition By: Jacques Goupy and Lee CreightonIllustrated with numerous real-world examples borrowed from a broad base of industries, Introduction to Designed Experiments with JMP Examples, Third Edition, employs a gentle, progressive approach to using designed experiments. The book covers basic ideas, terminology, and the application of techniques necessary to conduct a study using the design of experiments (DOE) framework.
ISBN: 978-1-59994-422-7 List Price: 69.95 USD SAS Programming for Enterprise Guide Users By: Neil ConstableIn this pragmatic, example-driven book, author Neil Constable demonstrates how you can use SAS code to enhance the capabilities of SAS Enterprise Guide. Designed to help you gain extra value from the products you already have, this book contains tips and techniques that show you a variety of features that cannot be accessed directly through the task interfaces. In all cases, techniques are shown with examples that you can try and test, plus additional exercises are included to give you more practice. The end result is more efficient and resilient use of SAS Enterprise Guide in a wider variety of business areas.
ISBN: 978-1-59994-540-8 List Price: $42.95 USD Basic Statistics Using SAS Enterprise Guide: A Primer By: Geoff Der and Brian S. EverittNow it's easy to perform many of the most common statistical techniques when you use the SAS Enterprise Guide point-and-click interface to access the power of SAS. Emphasizing the practical aspects of the analysis, this example-rich guide shows you how to conduct a wide range of statistical analyses without any SAS programming required. One or more real data sets, a brief introduction of the technique, and a clear explanation of the SAS Enterprise Guide output are provided for each analysis. Exercises at the end of each chapter help you consolidate what has been learned.
ISBN: 978-1-59994-573-6 List Price: $39.95 USDFor more details about these titles or to place an order, please visit support.sas.com/publishing or call 1-800-727-3228.
