Registration for the June 9 Michigan SAS Users Group 1-Day SAS Conference is
open- go to
https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1832062, and
register to join us for a full day of SAS presentations!
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (a full-day conference)
Place: VisTaTech Center
Schoolcraft College
18600 Haggerty Rd.
Livonia, MI 48152
Cost: $50 on or before May 26, 2016, $95 after May 26 ($10 for full-time
students); includes both breakfast and lunch.
Agenda
The following presentations have been confirmed as of 4/26. Abstracts can
be viewed at http://www.misug.org.
Graphs are Really Easy with SAS 9.4 - Sanjay Matange, SAS
Surviving the SAS Macro Jungle by Using Your Own Programming Toolkit -
Kevin Russell, SAS
Penalized Regression Methods for Linear Models in SAS/STAT - Dr. G.
Gordon Brown, SAS
33 Tricks with the REPORT Procedure - Ben Cochran, The Bedford Group
Weight of Evidence Coded Variables for Binary and Ordinal Logistic
Regression - Bruce Lund, Magnify Analytic Solutions
Annotate Your SGPLOT Graphs - Sanjay Matange, SAS
Using a Handful of SAS Functions to Clean Data - Ben Cochran, The
Bedford Group
Keyboard Macros - The Most Magical Tool You May Never Have Heard Of -
Steven Black, Agility Clinical Inc.
An Introduction to SAS Arrays - Andrew Kuligowski, HSN
Meta-Analysis of Human Trafficking Studies - David Corliss and Heather
Vazquez, Peace-Work
Using SAS for the Longitudinal Analysis of Difference Scores - Brandy
Sinco, University of Michigan
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Pre- and Post-Conference Training
We will again be conducting pre- and post-conference training on June 8 and
June 10 at the Residence Inn Livonia (17250 Fox Drive, Livonia, MI 48152).
All classes will be taught by Ben Cochran from The Bedford Group. Cost is
$185 for each half-day class, with a discount of $25/seminar ($160
registration fee) offered to 3 or more registrants from the same company.
Course descriptions are available at http://www.misug.org.
Schedule:
June 8, 8:00 AM - Noon: SAS III: Advanced and Efficient SAS Programming
June 8, 1:00 - 5:00 PM: Intermediate SQL Processing
June 10, 8:00 AM - Noon: Manipulating Data with Numeric Functions, DO
Loops and Arrays
June 10, 1:00 - 5:00 PM: Advanced Enterprise Guide
Register for training at
https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1832062
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Hotel Room Block
MSUG has reserved a block of hotel rooms at the Residence Inn Livonia (17250
Fox Drive, Livonia, MI 48152)). Room rate is $139/night (before taxes).
Please request a room in the MSUG block when making your reservation in
order to receive the discount rate.