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From:         Christopher Bolton <CBOLTON@OREGON.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Evaluation of teaching

There's a substantial amount of literature recently published on this
topic.  See especially the literature regarding teaching portfolios.
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From:         bkatz@COSY.UOGUELPH.CA
Subject:      Corrected version...

I would be interested in learnng about the measurements used at River Oaks
School that have led to its being called "successfull".  In the brief rept.
given to the list, success seemed to be measured by the restriction of tours
of the school.  If the successes are really so, then all kudos to them...
                                            Bernard Katz, Univ. of Guelph
                                                          Guelph, Ontario
                                                          (not far from
                                                               Oakville)
                                                bkatz@cosy.uoguelph.ca
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From:         "David L. Arnold" <DLARNO01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
Subject:      Books re Research

Research Administration
Phone: 588-8363
Terry; what is full citation on the "Harvard Report?"  Thanks, DA.
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From:         "David L. Arnold" <DLARNO01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
Subject:      RESEARCH

Research Administration
Phone: 588-8363
Associate Ac. Dean; Teikyo Westmar. I'm going to think on this one. Meanwhile,
if you are the same Teikyo cited in the Chronicle a few weeks ago for the
suggestion that we ought to all take a nap in the afternoon, then look no
further. That may be the best, most humane, and most productive idea I have
ever heard put forward in higher ed administration. I hope members of the net
give serious consideration to trying to each provide you with the two best
publications that they can think of. The resulting reading list would be a
knock out. David Arnold, UofLousiville, dlarno01@ulkyvm
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From:         "Terry D. Mathias" <GE0515@SIUCVMB.BITNET>
Subject:      Books re Research

Try this one on creative thinking and creative problem-solving as an
important element in research:

A WHACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD, by Roger Von Oeck (as in "wreck")

(no kidding! -- among other items, discusses divergent v. convergent
 thinking; the different roles of the creative thinker; and more)

For material on the relative roles of research, teaching, and service
in higher education institutions, I suggest the Harvard report of
about two years ago.

You might try reviewing the National Forum, published by The Honor
Society of Phi Kappa Phi.  The treatment of topics in given issues
is excellent; the inside back cover also provides a 4-5 year listing
of back issues and the topics addressed.
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:58:24 CST
Reply-To:     LISA KRIESE <ANSC413@UNLVM.BITNET>
From:         LISA KRIESE <ANSC413@UNLVM.BITNET>
Subject:      merging 2 datasets together

Question: How to merge 2 datasets together and only keep obs which are
          common to both datasets
Platform: MVS/TSO
Version:  SAS 6.07

In SAS 5.18 I could write something like this :

     data one; infile datain1;
     input cow herd weight1;
     proc sort; by cow;

     data two; infile datain2;
     input cow herd weight2;
     proc sort; by cow;

     data all; merge one(in=a) two(in=b); by cow; if a&b;

and I would only keep cows that were present in both datasets.  When I
try this in SAS 6.07 I get the message that reference to symbolic b is
unresolved and I don't get the results I want.

   I did read the friendly manuals for version 6 and can not find how
I can just keep the cows in both datasets easily.  My real datasets have
360,000+ observations each and 200 "needed" variables and I am running
into space constraints.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Lisa Kriese
ARS-USDA Meat Animal Research Center
Research Associate
ansc413@unlvm
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Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 15:14:01 EST
Reply-To:     Philip Tejera <TEJERA@BARUCH.BITNET>
From:         Philip Tejera <TEJERA@BARUCH.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: simnlin

On Fri, 11 Dec 1992 12:14:59 CST paddaki said:
>What is the equivalent of proc SIMNLIN (available in Version 5) in
>Version 6.   I have SAS6.07 on MVS and VM/cms systems.
>
See SAS/ETS User's Guide, V 6 First Edition, p. xxviii, and Proc MODEL.
" PROC SIMNLIN has been combined with the new interactive MODEL procedure."
It also claims that the old syntax should still work, by invoking Proc
MODEL with certain defaults. I haven't tried it myself, though.
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From:         W_URBAN@UNHH.UNH.EDU
Subject:      Merging datasets
Comments: To: sas-l@uga.cc.uga.edu

    This discussion of merging/matching makes me think of the setup
    boards I used to wire for the IBM Card Collating machines.  It had
    a reader for each dataset, matched cards were merged into the
    center pocket, and rejects went into pockets on either side. We've
    come a long way, baby!

         will@unh.edu
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Subject:      VAX SAS TAPE READ UNBELIEVEABLY SLOW
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    On the VAX, for many years we had used DCL that read a disk file, put it
    to tape, then read the tape with SAS to print the record images to prove
    that the tape contained the data wanted.  This print was sent with the
    tape. (It is a relatively small file - 2,000 obs)

    We are now on VAX 5.5-1 and SAS 6.07.  The SAS read took so long I
    aborted the job since I thought it was not working.  We solved the
    problem by copying the tape back to disk, then reading the disk file.

    In the past we did not have this problem.  Does anyone know why we have
    this problem now?
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Organization: National University of Singapore
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According to SAS Communications magazine, users in Russia should contact
SAS European Headquarters at Heidelberg, Germany.
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Date:         Sat, 19 Dec 1992 15:53:31 GMT
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Subject:      Reading Variable Length Binary Files
Comments: To: SAS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

It is time to ask the help of the almighty SAS gurus (at least those who have
not yet left on vacation).  I am stumped on this one.  Any ideas would be
most appreciated.

I am trying to read a binary file into SAS.  The file has variable length
records with NO end of record indicator.  I can read the first record fine
with a $VARYINGw. informat.  However, since there is no fixed record length,
an LRECL= on the INFILE statement is useless.  BLKSIZE is also (theoretically)
useless since the block would be the entire file (or am I missing something
here) which exceeds the BLKSIZE parameter.
SAS reads each record with the record length specified in LRECL= or
the default record length (in this case 132) if no LRECL= is specified.
The problem is that each record has a different record length.

For the record, this is a PC file that I am trying to read using 6.08 for
Windows.  I think the problem is generic enough that an answer on how to
read variable length files on any operating system would be helpful.

To re-phrase the above:  How do you read a variable length binary record
when you do not have an end-of-record indicator, but can determine the record
length only while you are reading it?

TIA

S. David Riba
JADE Tech, Inc.

JADETECH@ATTMAIL.COM
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:28:08 -0800
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Subject:      Re: merging 2 datasets together
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----- Begin Included Message -----

>From  LISA KRIESE <ANSC413%UNLVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Question: How to merge 2 datasets together and only keep obs which are
          common to both datasets
Platform: MVS/TSO
Version:  SAS 6.07

In SAS 5.18 I could write something like this :

     data one; infile datain1;
     input cow herd weight1;
     proc sort; by cow;

     data two; infile datain2;
     input cow herd weight2;
     proc sort; by cow;

     data all; merge one(in=a) two(in=b); by cow; if a&b;

and I would only keep cows that were present in both datasets.  When I
try this in SAS 6.07 I get the message that reference to symbolic b is
unresolved and I don't get the results I want.

   I did read the friendly manuals for version 6 and can not find how
I can just keep the cows in both datasets easily.  My real datasets have
360,000+ observations each and 200 "needed" variables and I am running
into space constraints.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Lisa Kriese
ARS-USDA Meat Animal Research Center
Research Associate
ansc413@unlvm


----- End Included Message -----


Everything you need to do is put an extra space after "&".
Otherwise SAS tries to resolve macro b. Or you can use
"and" istead (in this case you will not forget to put a
space after "and" operator).

data all;
   merge one(in=a) two(in=b);
   by cow;
   if a & b;
run;

I tested it on SunOS for SAS 6.07. But I believe it will work
on MVS/TSO as well. Another thing to try is PROC SQL. Since your
data sets are large it might work faster.

Elena Blanter
BARRA
elena@barra.com
(510)649-4538
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From:         DENNIS G FISHER <AFDGF@ALASKA.BITNET>
Subject:      ID number and confidentiality

I received many solutions to the problem that I posed, but the one
that I liked the best (because I could both understand it and it
worked to do what I wanted) came from Philip Gallagher.  Following
is my test job with his solution.  Thank you to everyone who replied.
I could not survive in Alaska without this list.  Thanks again.
>
> Data Names;
>   Input  month day year firstnam $ lastnam $ ;
> cards;
> 01  12  91  joe  schmo
> 01  15  91  mary sue
> 01  20  91  joe schmo
> 02  03  91  betty boop
> 02  19  91  frank bean
> 02  15  91  joe schmo
> ;
> Proc sort data=names;
>   by firstnam  lastnam;
> run;
> Data Uniqnam;
>   set names ;
>   by firstnam  lastnam;
> retain id 0 ;
> if (first.lastnam eq 1) then do;
>   id = id + 1 ;
>   output uniqnam;
> end;
> run;
> Data student(drop=firstnam lastnam)
>      Dennis
>    ;
>   Merge names uniqnam;
>  by firstnam  lastnam;
>  output student  dennis;
> run;
> proc print  data=student;
> run;
> proc freq  data=student;
>   tables id;
> run;
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:12:57 -0900
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From:         DENNIS G FISHER <AFDGF@ALASKA.BITNET>
Subject:      ID numbers and confidentiality

I am amazed at how quickly I received some very good replies to
my question about creating unique id numbers so that I could
delete names.  I also realize that some people did not completely
understand the situation, so I will try to clarify.
The data may look something like this:

input month  day  year  firstnam $  lastnam $ ;
01  12  91  joe   schmo
01  15  91  mary  sue
01  20  91  joe   schmo
02  03  91  betty boop
02  10  91  frank bean
02  15  91  joe   schmo
;

What I want is for joe schmo to have some ID number and that this ID
number would be the same every time joe schmo shows up in the data.
This way instead of giving the grad student the dataset with the names
on it, she can just have the id numbers.  If joe schmo's ID number
were to equal 1, then joe schmo shows up three times in the dataset
and the id of 1 shows up three times in the data set and I can just
put id to a new file and not the name of the subjects.  I hope this
is clear.  Thank you for all you help.  I think some of the
solutions that have already been send will work, but I will try
them on a subset and see what they do.  Thank you for all your
help.  This seems to be of sufficient interest that I will post
whatever solution I come up with.  Thanks.
Dennis Fisher
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
University of Alaska Anchorage
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Date:         Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:58:20 -0500
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From:         jack.hamilton@AMAIL.AMDAHL.COM
Subject:      File transfer (SimPC/CICS)
Comments: To: apple!ohstvma.bitnet!sas-l@juts.ccc.amdahl.com

This question isn't directly SAS-related, but I'm not sure where to ask.

I would like to talk to someone who has experience with the SimPC/CICS file
transfer program.  Both the user viewpoint and the programmer viewpoint would
be interesting to hear.

Is there a mailing list or newsgroup devoted to file transfer (other than
Kermit and TCP/IP)?
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Subject:      GLS in PROC MIXED

I am trying to reproduce the following IML procedure in
PROC MIXED.  It is simply a case where I have estimated
the variance-covariance matrix and want to use it in my
regression.  I haven't had any luck with MIXED so far
but I'm not very familiar with it.

         Thanks in advance
            Bill Price
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OPTIONS PS=65 NOSOURCE NONOTES;

PROC IML;

    X={1 1,1 2,1 3,1 4,1 5,1 6};
    Y={2,5,7,7.5,11,13};

    V={3 2 1 0 0 0,
       2 2 1 1 0 0,
       1 1 4 1 1 0,
       0 1 1 3 2 1,
       0 0 1 2 3 2,
       0 0 0 1 2 2};
    PRINT V;

    B=INV(X`*V*X)*X`*V*Y;

    PRINT Y B,X;

    SSE=Y`*(V - V*X*INV(X`*V*X)*X`*V)*Y;

    SSM=INV(J(1,6,1)*V*J(6,1,1))*(Y`*V*J(6,1,1)*J(1,6,1)*V*Y);

    SSMOD=B`*X`*V*Y - SSM;

    SSTOT=Y`*V*Y - SSM;

    PRINT SSE SSMOD SSTOT SSM;
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* statprog@IDUI1                        Cow            Cow  Chewing     *
* statprog@idui1.csrv.uidaho.edu                          Marbles       *
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From:         "Robert M. Hamer 908-932-2696" <HAMER@ZODIAC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Viewing a file from inside SAS

Mike McDermott phone 993-3126 <MMCDERMO@GMUVAX.BITNET> wrote:

>E. Bell wants to let his user view output which has been written to a file,
>preferably while remaining in a SAS session.  Although I am running SAS 6.06
... stuff deleted ...
>1.  Although "include" does not work on the Output screen of Display Manager,
>it works just fine for this purpose on the Program Editor screen.  Of course,
... stuff deleted ...

Without covering whether this is a good idea (putting your output in some
external file and viewing it as opposed to letting it go to the output
window and then saving it to a file if you like it)...

1.  The FSLIST window enables you to view external files full screen from
    within SAS
2.  There is an option for an alternative external file for SAS output to
    go to; then the output would go there in addition to the output window;
    you could look at the output window and be seeing a duplicate of what
    is in the file.
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From:         MSZ03@ALBNYDH2.BITNET
Subject:      syncsort+SAS (redux)

Sorry for not putting this in the first posting, but in my earlier offer to
mail a copy of my SyncSort manual, I should have mentioned that you can
also request it on disk as either a Word Perfect (5.1) document, or as a
postsript file (it'll be a 5.25" DD - lots of old disks lying around!).
Unfortunately, the health department is off limits for anonymous FTP.

Mike Zdeb                   New York State Department of Health
Concourse (C-144)                                MSZ03@ALBNYDH2
Albany, NY   12237-0044                           (518)474-2377
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Reply-To:     Jim Cassell <CASSELL@UNCVM1.OIT.UNC.EDU>
From:         Jim Cassell <CASSELL@UNCVM1.OIT.UNC.EDU>
Subject:      NOT SAS--Looking for good books on OS/2 2.0
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Content:  Query
SUMMARY:  Looking for good 3rd Party books on OS/2 2.0                   ect
REL/PLTF: 6.06-to 6.0? under OS/2
E-ADDR:   Jim_Cassell@unc.edu
NAME:     Jim Cassell
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I'm looking for a good book on OS/2 2.0.  Are there any that folk have
found especially helpful?  Please respond directly to me & I'll summar-
ize for the list.

Thanks,
Jim

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Jim Cassell                                    Jim_Cassell@UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science       Phone:  919-962-0782
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill       Fax:    919-962-4777
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355   USA
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Reply-To:     "Paul A. Thompson" <pat@po.CWRU.Edu>
From:         "Paul A. Thompson" <pat@PO.CWRU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: design matrix...
Comments: To: ecooch@SAS.UPENN.EDU
Comments: cc: sas-l@vtvm2.cc.vt.edu

>
>Thanks to everyone who has responded to my query concerning outputting the
>design matrix that GLM constructs. As several people have pointed out,
>GLMMOD (supplemental to 6.07) does this trick fairly nicely.
>
>Unfortunately, it does not exist under PC-SAS 6.04, which is all the
>students currently have access to. Oh well, maybe after wee've spent a
>kazillion dollars to upgrade to OS\2, and got the newest SAS for that
>platform (6.08) we can use GLMMOD.
>
>Thanks again...
Dear Evan -
    Get IML.  Use the DESIGN function and concatenation to generate
the design matrix.  For instance,

DESMAT=J(NROW(X), 1, 1) || DESIGN(X[1,]) || DESIGN(X[2,]) ||
       I(NCOL(DESIGN(X[1,])*NCOL(DESIGN(X[2,]));

oughto do it for a 2-way ANOVA.


--
Paul Thompson, Ph.D.  |  Department of Psychiatry  |  (216) 844-7463
Case Western Reserve University  | Cleveland, OH  44106
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From:         Melvin Klassen <KLASSEN@UVVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: input(put(.. question

Jozsef Vitrai <VITRAI@NKI> writes:
>I'd like to understand, can would anybody explain to me:
>WHY doesn't the INPUT function work without the PUT?
> ...
>56   data w; dob=220111;
>57   data test; set w;
>58   datew_p =input(put(dob,$6.),yymmdd.);
>WARNING: Variable DOB has already been defined as numeric.

To remove this warning, change the informat from '$6.' to '6.'.

>59   datewo_p=input(dob,yymmdd.);
>NOTE: Numeric values have been converted to character
>      values at the places given by: (Line):(Column).     59:16

SAS converts the numeric variable 'DOB' to a temporary character variable,
using the 'BEST12.' format (see the middle of page 116 of "SAS(r) Language,
Reference, Version 6, First Edition").  You then specified the 'YYMMDD6.'
informat (the '6' is the default, according to page 653, ibid.).
So, you're telling SAS to select 6 bytes (which, in your case, are always
blank) and to ignore the next 6 bytes (which contain your string '220111').
SAS obeys your commands, and stores a "missing" value into 'DATEWO_P'.
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