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               SESUG '93 ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION PACKET
                       and CALL FOR PAPERS


                            Part 3 of 3

                           Invited Papers
                    Call for Papers and Volunteers

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                           The first ever

                 SouthEast SAS Users Group Conference

                             TradeWinds

                     St. Petersburg Beach, Florida


                      Taking SAS to New HeightsTM



                     SESUG '93 Conference Co-Chairs


              S. David Riba              Tamara Fischell
              JADE Tech, Inc.            Timely Technical Solutions
              P O Box 4517               234 Lashley Road
              Clearwater,  FL  34618     Chapel Hill, NC  27516
              (813) 726-6099             (919) 933-6404














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Performance & Tuning /
Host Systems
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Section Head:
 Keith Brown
 UNC -Chapel Hill


Using the SAS System for Remote Data Access and Distributed
Computing
  John H. McIntyre, SAS Institute, Inc.
One of the four fundamental barriers to successful
enterprise-wide information delivery is the incompatibility
of various hardware and operating system environments.
Systems which cannot "talk" to each other are unable to
exchange data or cooperate in the execution of applications.
This reduces the use of different platforms as integrated
resources.  This paper will discuss models of distributed
processing; review the use of SAS products, particularly
SAS/CONNECT and SAS/ACCESS, to accomplish the integration of
resources; and suggest some guidelines for the distribution
of application tasks.


SAS Under MS Windows, OS/2 or UNIX:  Tools for Making a Decision
  Harlene C. Gogan, Research Triangle Institute

As mainframe SAS users extoll the virtues of new features in
Release 6.06 and 6.07, DOS 6.04 users are in the unenviable
position of having to forgo the new goodies, or move to OS/2
(available now), the "soon-to-be-released" MS Windows
version of SAS, or even taking the RISCy leap to UNIX.
Rather than presenting a "magic bullet" definitive answer on
which platform to chose, this paper provides a discussion of
the relevant questions that need to be considered within the
decision process based on computing needs, constraints,
costs, support and even computing philosophy.  Making this
decision is hard work; the tools provided in this paper
allow the issues to be addressed for a thoughtful decision.


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Building Data-Driven Object-Oriented Applications: Selected
Techniques
  Staff of SAS Consulting Services, Inc.
    Presented by Donald J. Henderson

This tutorial describes a system's architecture in which an
application is built using reusable modules or "objects."

The application can be built, controlled, maintained and
enhanced through changes to the underlying data and
parameter files.  An application designed in this way allows
for more flexibility and lower maintenance than one where
the code is written to perform specific functions.
Generalized modules or "objects," the actions of which are
dictated by parameters, lends itself to the inevitable
changes that are made to the system.  Many modifications can
be accomplished by changing values in parameter files
instead of changing the source code.  Examples include cases
such as
          adding new reports
          changing or reordering menu items
          controlling user access and security

A sample application that makes use of SAS/AF and SAS/FSP
software using Screen Control Language (SCL), the SQL
procedure, and the SAS macro facility will be presented and
described in detail.  The use of a Toolbox library of
reusable modules and "objects" will also be illustrated.


Sharing SAS Data Sets Using SAS/Connect:  A PC DOS / MVS
Perspective
  Paul Lazzarr, Sallie Mae

Movement of SAS datasets between platforms is simplified
once the pieces of the puzzle are identified.  This
presentation outlines the data movement and sharing process
using DOS and MVS, although the general points are
applicable to all environments.  Among the topics covered
are: modifications to AUTOEXEC.SAS, script files, the SIGNON
and RSUBMIT commands, and techniques for uploading and
downloading datasets and raw data, both with and without
SAS/Connect.


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Statistics
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Section Heads:
   Margaret Menache              Phil Gallagher
   Duke University               UNC


Using SAS/ETS Software for Analysis of Pharmacokinetic Data
  Gary S. Klonicki, SAS Institute, Inc.

The SAS/ETS, Econometrics and Time Series module contains a
procedure that can be used to perform analysis on
pharmacokinetic data.  PROC MODEL allows  you to perform
compartmental and noncompartmental analysis on the data.
This paper shows how to use PROC MODEL to perform
pharmacokinetic analysis.


Repeated Measures Using PROC MIXED instead of PROC GLM
  James H. Roger, Live Data

This paper shows the advantages and disadvantages of using
PROC MIXED for the analysis of repeated measures data as
compared to PROC GLM.  The similarities and dissimilarities
are demonstrated using real examples.


Using SAS to Perform a Survival Analysis in a Markov Renewal
Process
  Robert E. Johnson,  Virginia Commonwealth University

Time-to-event measures are often modeled with survival
functions.  Procedures such as SAS/LIFEREG provide a means
for analysis.  Discrete events may occur in time which
affect the parameters of the survival function.  If the
survival function is "memory-less" at these discrete
junctures, then a multistate Markov renewal model may be
employed.  In general, SAS/LIFEREG is not sufficient to
analyze such a model.  Methods of analysis, using
SAS/LIFEREG and SAS/NLIN, will be presented.  This is
discussed in the context of modeling the time taken for a
patient to be first screened for cancer at a family practice
clinic after (s)he becomes indicated for such screening.




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Section Heads:
   Margaret Menache              Phil Gallagher
   Duke University               UNC


An Overview of Using SAS for Multivariate Analyses or
What Am I Golng to Do with all These Variables?
  Francis C. Dane,  Department of Psychology,  Mercer University

In addition to becoming familiar with more complex
mathematics, the transition from using t-tests and simple
regression analyses to using multivariate analyses requires
a change in the way researchers think about their data.
That is, understanding why one should want to employ
multivariate techniques is a prerequisite for understanding
how to use such procedures.  The purpose of this
presentation is to provide a conceptual (i.e.
nonmathematical) overview of the basic concepts underlying
multivariate statistics.  Using examples from medicine,
process management, and psychology, we will explore (1) how
to decide whether multivariate analyses are appropriate for
a variety of types of data; (2) what interpretive advantages
multivariate techniques provide; (3) how to go about
selecting the most appropriate multivariate analysis.
Although not a training session, SAS procedures (e.g. CALIS,
CATMOD, FACTOR, GLM) for multivariate analyses will also be
discussed.


Bootstrap Confidence Limits for a Ratio of Random Variables
  Alok Krishen, Glaxo Inc.

Fieller's estimator of the confidence limits for the ratio
of random variables requires the usual normality
assumptions, verification of which is not always possible.
However, the confidence limits can be obtained using the
bootstrap procedure under a wide variety of situations. This
paper presents a direct comparison of the two procedures
using examples published in the literature. Implementation
of the bootstrap in a linear model setting is accomplished
through the use of the SAS/IML procedure.





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Section Head:
   Julie Smith
   Glaxo, Inc.


Books by Users for Users
  David Baggett, SAS Institute, Inc.

SAS Institute's acquisitions editor gives an overview of the
Institute's Books by Users program and explains how, as a
SAS software user, you can benefit from it.  Through the
Books by Users program, SAS Institute publishes and makes
available to its users books about the SAS System written by
SAS users.

The One-Eyed Guide to INTERNET, EMAIL, LISTSERV, SAS-L, and EMITS
Michael Davis, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, Inc.
One of computing's ironies is that sophisticated users are
often "modem illiterate."  The modem illiterates never
enjoy trading SAS tips and "flames" outside of
conferences. The ability to exchange ready-to-run SAS code
and messages instantly but courteously is denied to them.
They can seek technical assistance only when someone is
available to speak to them. In an effort to stamp out this
heinous form of illiteracy, the One-Eyed Guide is offered.


The SAS User Group Newsletter - Start the Presses!
  Andrew T. Kuligowski, Nielsen Media Research

As the number of users of the SAS System continues to
grow, so does the need to share information among peers.
This paper will address one method for doing that - the
Local User Group Newsletter.  The technical,
administrative,  and creative aspects required to produce
a newsletter will be demonstrated by reviewing the
evolution of one user group's newsletter.  At the
conclusion of the paper, a panel consisting of editors and
contributors to various local user group newsletters will
discuss some of the successes and challenges they have
encountered in the preparation of their publications, with
suggestions as to how a user group can begin their own
newsletter.




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Training and User Support (continued)
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Section Head:
   Julie Smith
   Glaxo, Inc.

Secrets of a Successful SAS Users Group
Sally A. Roberson, SAS Institute, Inc.
Are you
     -a member of a new SAS users group?
     -a new officer or steering committee member?
     -looking for new ideas to generate enthusiasm in your
      SAS users group?

Find out some of the secrets for maintaining a healthy and
successful SAS users group.  Learn from the experts -- SAS
users involved in users groups that are not only
maintaining but growing. this paper, presented in panel
format, will look at well-established local and internal
SAS users groups.  Issues such as leadership, effective
programming, finances, newsletters, and involvement of
group membership will be discussed.


Integrating User Support into SAS Applications
  Michelle Fruchtenicht and Eric Brinsfield,  Meridian Software,
  Inc.

SAS/AF and SAS/FSP software enable you to link a variety
of user support features (such as context-specific help,
online documentation, and embedded training) to your
applications. This paper explores general principles for
incorporating user support features and suggests where
specific approaches to user support work best.  It also
shows you how to set up several key user support features,
including field-specific help, selection lists, help with
links for related information or successive levels of
detail, online documentation with search features, help
indexes, and flexible (user-determined) levels of help.
payment at check-out)







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Training and User Support (continued)
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Section Head:
   Julie Smith
   Glaxo, Inc.

SAS Institute's Training Options for the SAS System for
Information Delivery
  Marti Dominick and Bob Brumbeloe, SAS Institute Inc.

This paper discusses training options available for SAS
software users:

.  Instructor-based training
       .  Public
          -  On-site
          -  Consortium
       .  Video-based training
          -  Courses
          -  Tutorials
       .  SAS/TUTORTM online training
       .  Trainer's Kits
       .  Ambassador Services

Additional topics will include:
Version 5 to Version 6 transition issues since Version 5
support will end May, 1993.

Importance of effective communications from end-user to
training coordinator to SAS Education Representative

The Role of the SAS Software Consultant  (If the User Only Knew)
  William G. LeBlanc, University of Miami

The SAS Software Consultant (SC) is expected to keep pace
with the expanding capabilities of the SAS system while
providing support to a growing number of users.  The SC may
not be aware of all of the SAS-support resources available,
especially if the primary job of the SC is something other
than full-time support of SAS users. The average user almost
certainly has no idea of what is available beyond the
limited number of products, procedures, manuals, and help
facilities that were introduced when he or she first learned
to use the SAS system.

This paper describes the role of the SC in terms of
responsibilities and available resources. Not only will it
help the SC manage those resources, but it will serve as a
guide to the user as to what help is available from, and in
addition to, the SC.
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Applications Development / Information Systems
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Section Head:
   Debbie Hoppe
   John Alden Life

Implementing Enterprise-Wide Quality Improvement Programs
  Paul Bachteal, SAS Institute, Inc.

The Baldrige criteria provide an established framework for
assessing and launching quality programs.  Using Baldrige as
a quality roadmap, this paper highlights the role of an
Information Delivery System in the successful implementation
of a quality improvement program.  Specifically, the paper
considers the information delivery requirements of Baldrige
effort, and features examples of how needs are met with the
strategic use of SAS software.


SAS/GIS Software Introduction
  Jack Bulkley, SAS Institute, Inc.

SAS/GIS Software is a new part of the SAS System which will
become available in version 6.09.  As more and more data becomes
available to enterprises, new tools are needed to make sense of
massive amounts of information.  SAS/GIS Software is a tool for
handling spatially related data. Data importing, querying,
analysis, and display will be covered.


Building Interactive User Interfaces Using SAS/AF
  Marge Scerbo, University of Maryland at Baltimore
  John Paul Elrod, Johns Hopkins University

The SAS System provides several different methods for creating
custom user interfaces for interactive applications.  For
text interfaces, SAS/AF software allows the creation of menus and
selection lists as "menu" and "program" catalog entry types.  These
types of interfaces will work in virtually any environment.  If a
mouse is added to the environment, customized pull-down menus and
buttons can be used to enhance the user-friendliness of the interface.
For those who are moving to the advanced graphical interfaces, SAS/AF
and SAS/EIS software provide the facilities to easily create menu win-
dows with icons, radio-button dialog boxes, and checkbox selection lists.

This paper explores each type of user interface available within SAS
and provides the applications developer with helpful advice on migrating
from the simpler forms of menus to graphical user interfaces.  Several
examples will illustrate  how to convert existing text-based systems
to more user friendly forms of graphical and windowing interfaces.
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Section Head:
   Debbie Hoppe
   John Alden Life


Using Episode Analysis to Evaluate the Cost and Quality of Health
Care
  Dorothea Otte, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida

Health insurance companies conduct many clinical studies on
the cost of medical care. The report and summarization
process of such studies are compounded by the large number
of claims, the complexity of medicine, subscribers periodically
changing carriers and databases which were developed over time,
with different variable names and dataset organizations.

This paper describes one method used to analyze claims data
and develop standard costs for medical services.  The system
uses several SAS statistical procedures to analyze costs. The
system executes in base SAS software version 6.07 in an MVS
environment.  This system is currently being used by the
Episode of Care project team of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of
Florida to study the relationship between medical costs and
quality of health care.

Using SAS to Analyze Health Status in Insurance Claims
  Richard N. Lieberman, Health Data Systems, Inc.

Health care utilization and expenditure data extracted from
insurance claims are increasingly being used to monitor the
health care delivery system.  Efforts to contain the incessant
growth in health care expenditures and to enhance efficiency have
taken many forms, including attempts at various forms of managed
care, the development of utilization controls and implementation of
provider profiling.

These trends have led to an increase in the desire to monitor the
utilization experience of various patient or provider groups to
identify inappropriate utilization of services or inefficient
providers. In turn, this has led to the demand for relevant case
mix measures that can account for differences in health status
between populations of patients.  A good case measurement tool can
help to identify over- or under-utilization in populations that
have the same health care needs.  While approaches have been
applied to adjust for case-mix differences in the provision of
inpatient care, similar approaches have not been applied on a wide
scale in the ambulatory care environment.  This paper describes the
application of a case-mix tool, the Johns Hopkins Ambulatory Care
Group (ACG) system, to the analysis of health services utilization
and costs.

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Section Head:
   Debbie Hoppe
   John Alden Life


Using SAS to Analyze Health Status in Insurance Claims
  Richard N. Lieberman, Health Data Systems, Inc.

inappropriate utilization after controlling for the health status
of the patients.  Reasons why these SAS techniques are especially
helpful will be discussed:

1) No statistical routines are employed, facilitating the
dissemination of the technique to insurance company and
managed care plan personnel who are not familiar or
comfortable with multivariate regression modeling
techniques.

2) The system is designed to operate using only the data
typically found in insurance claims files.

3) The reporting, graphing, and statistical capabilities of
SAS provide data analysts with the ability to examine case-
mix adjusted utilization data with varying units of analysis
and with different degrees of statistical precision
appropriate to the audience and the desired applications.

Developing an Interactive Method of Displaying Pavement
Management Information Using SAS/AF and PROC GMAP
Bruce Dietrich, Florida Department of Transportation
Highway engineers must analyze large volumes of roadway data
as part of the process of maintaining our highway system.
An interactive pavement management reporting system was
developed at the Florida Department of Transporation to
facilitate this process using SAS/AF and PROC GMAP.
Techniques were developed to dynamically access and process
the data and to display the information as color-coded
geographic roadway maps.  The system uses GMAP features such
as unit areas, response data sets, annotations, legends and
titles to generate the customized maps based on user
selections. The application uses numerous SAS/AF program
entries to allow user selected branching and to facilitate
modular program development and modification.  Pushbutton
fields and pop-up selection lists are used to create
graphical user interfaces so the system can easily be used
by non-programmers.

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Tutorials
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Section Head:
   Frank DiIorio
   Trilogy, Inc.


Programming for PROC TABULATE
  Daniel Morris, Amadeus Software Training

This paper discusses PROC TABULATE and the use of the Data
Step and PROC SUMMARY in preparing data ready for
tabulation.  Tips on programming techniques are presented
and some suggestions are given on how to produce percentage
tables without effort, even with different denominators.
Tabulate training techniques are also covered, and the
author presents different ways of introducing PROC TABULATE
to users.  Samples of code and output will be available.


Building a Simple Time Tracking System Using Screen Control
Language
  O.V. Hanger, Nielsen Media Research

With Version 6 of the SAS System, Screen Control Language
(SCL) was made available for use with SAS/AF and SAS/FSP.
This new facility provides the developer the tools for
creating a wide variety of powerful interactive
applications.  This tutorial will demonstrate the basics of
building a personal time tracking system using SAS/AF and
SCL.  The application that is reviewed provides the user with a
means for recording, categorizing and summarizing time spent
performing tasks (such as work activities).  The discussion will
include a description of the primary SAS System files that make up
the application, invocation and initialization, the use of PMENUs,
custom commands and extended tables, validating user input and the
generation of summary reports via SQL SUBMIT blocks.  Sample code
for performing these various SCL application functions will be
provided and reviewed as part of this SAS programming tutorial.


A Taste of SQL
Paul Kent, SAS Institute Inc.
This talk presents an overview of the features of PROC SQL,
an implementation of the ANSI Standard Structured Query
Language.  The talk contrasts SQL with the "traditional SAS
way" of doing things and suggests some problem areas for
which SQL is well suited.  It is aimed at folks with little
exposure to SQL, but hopefully experienced SQL-ers will
learn something too.
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Tutorials
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Section Head:
   Frank DiIorio
   Trilogy, Inc.


PROC REPORT:  An Introduction to the Batch Language
  Ray Pass, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

In 1990, SAS Institute introduced the REPORT procedure.
REPORT is a powerful replacement/enhancement of the PRINT
and QPRINT procedures.  It contains a host of powerful tools
for the display of summary statistics and observation-level
data.  One of the attractions of REPORT is the ability to
develop reports in a highly interactive environment.  The
parallel, batch reporting language, however, has often been
neglected even though it is as powerful and feature-laden as
its on-line cousin.

This paper introduces the batch version of PROC REPORT in a
series of annotated examples.  It is not meant to be a
reference.  It will instead give an overview of REPORT's
capabilities, the report development process and some of the
quirks and undocumented features uncovered during the
author's use of the procedure.  It will be of use to anyone
frustrated by the limits of PRINT and unable to devote time
to PUT-statement style custom reports.


The Art of Testing
  Meimei Ma, Quintiles

This presentation is a tutorial on general testing
strategies demonstrated using specific examples related to
the problem of being convinced that a program is ready for
production use.  Although testing should proceed logically,
the process also requires imagination and has many pitfalls.
Large file processing is emphasized since potential losses
are greater if an inappropriately tested program becomes a
production version.

The methods discussed are directed toward programmers, data
managers, project managers, and anyone who does not like
surprises after processing a large file.  Only basic
knowledge of DATA step programming is assumed.  Testing is
presented as an important aspect of any programming project,
whether large or small.


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Tutorials
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Section Head:
   Frank DiIorio
   Trilogy, Inc.


Running Out of Disk Space:  Using Compression to Slow the
Inevitable
  Phil Bardsley, Carolina Population Center - University of North
  Carolina

This tutorial will examine compression of SAS data sets as
a way of saving a scarce resource: disk space.  It will
discuss the use of the SAS compression option that became
available in Version 6 and, briefly, how it works
internally.  SAS compression will be compared with the SAS
length statement for the tradeoff between programmer work
and CPU efficiency, and the interaction of compression and
length will be examined.  The use of other compression
software (such as PKZIP) will be discussed, and the relative
efficiencies of these programs and the SAS features will be
examined through benchmarks.  Several platforms will be used
for these comparisons, including DOS, MVS, and UNIX.
Version 6.04 will be used under DOS, while 6.07 will be used
under MVS and UNIX.  (The substantial changes in compression
and the "lean-file format" that occurred between 6.06 and
6.07 will NOT be covered.)


An Introduction to the SAS Macro Facility
  Erika Stone, Carolina Population Center - University of North
  Carolina

The aim of this tutorial is to give an intuitive
understanding of the SAS macro facility and its potential
for your programming work in SAS.  It focuses on what may be
the three most important reasons, of many possible reasons,
to learn how to use the SAS macro facility, showing how
appropriate use of the SAS macro language can result in
modularity of program design, reduction of keyed program
text, and generality in program function.  The tutorial will
examine how paying attention to all three of these aspects
of program writing, regardless of your area of application,
can result in better programs.  Examples from programming
work in the area of social science survey research will be
presented
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Some Thoughts on Making DSGI (Data Step Graphics Interface)
User Friendly
  Jim Comer, Glaxo, Inc.

The results of serial pulmonary function tests and diary
symptom scores are easier to understand when presented as a
graph rather than as a table, so we needed to find a way to
combine the output from SAS/Graph procedures with text
generated from our SAS datasets.  After evaluating several
alternatives, the Data Step Graphics Interface seemed to be
the most straightforward approach.  DSGI proved to be a very
powerful tool that can substantially enhance the quality of
output generated by SAS, but it can also be very difficult
to learn and intimidating to use.

To make the power of DSGI available to the typical user in our
department, we decided to develop a series of macros that automate
much of the overhead required by DSGI.  The macros create a
coordinate system that numbers lines from top to bottom; provides
'global' variables that keep track of the current line and column
position as well as settings for font, line height, line spacing,
etc.; establishes default values for almost all of the features of
DSGI used in the macro library; and performs a reasonable level of
error checking.


The Utter Simplicity of the TABULATE Procedure
  Dan Bruns, Tennessee Valley Authority

The reporting needs of users are sometimes simple:  all that
may be needed is a simple cross-tabulation or descriptive,
univariate statistics.  The MEANS and FREQ procedures are
well suited for these straightforward applications. Frequently,
however, the user needs to be concerned not only with what is
presented, but how it is reported.  PROC TABULATE gives the user
the needed control and flexibility to manage both these aspects of
the data reporting process.

This tutorial describes simple, realistic uses of the TABULATE
procedure.  The sample programs and output illustrate how to:
control formatting, nest tables, generate summary statistics,
combine reports, and annotate output with titles and labels.  The
tutorial should be useful to anyone with recurring statistical
reporting needs and to those who found their initial encounter with
TABULATE on the intimidating side.







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         Final Call for Contributed Papers
                       and
               Conference Volunteers

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The preceding pages have presented the abstracts of the Invited
Papers that are currently scheduled for SESUG '93.  If you can
volunteer to help during the Conference, or are able to present
a paper or poster, please contact the appropriate Section Head
The names and telephone numbers of all SESUG '93 Section Heads
follows.

Abstracts for all papers and posters are due to the Section Heads
no later than November 1, 1992.  The SESUG '93 Conference
Proceedings due date for your completed camera-ready paper or
poster is December 1, 1992.

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This registration packet was designed and prepared by the
SESUG '93 Conference Co-Chairs.

The SAS System is an integrated system of software providing
complete control over data management, analysis, and
presentation.  Base SAS software is the foundation of the
SAS System.  Products within the SAS System include
SAS/ACCESS, SAS/AF, SAS/ASSIST,  SAS/CPETM, SAS/DMI,
SAS/ETS, SAS/FSP, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/IML, SAS/IMS-DL/1,
SAS/OR, SAS/QC, SAS/REPLAY-CICS, SAS/SHARE, SAS/STAT,
SAS/CONNECT, SAS/DB2, and SAS/SQL-DSTM software.  Other
SAS Institute products are SYSTEM 2000 Data Management
Software, with basic SYSTEM 2000, CREATE, Multi-User,
QueXTM, Screen WriterTM, and CICS interface software;
NeoVisualsTM software, JMP and JMP IN software; SAS/RTERM
software; SAS/C and SAS/CX Compilers.

SAS, SAS/ACCESS, SAS/AF, SAS/ASSIST, SAS/C, SAS/DMI,
SAS/EIS, SAS/FSP, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/IML, SAS/IMS-DL/l, SAS/OR,
SAS/REPLAY-CICS, SAS/RTERM, SAS/QC, SAS/SHARE,SAS/STAT,
SYSTEM 2000 are registered trademarks of SAS Institute Inc.,
Cary, NC.

SAS/CONNECT, SAS/CPE, SAS/CX, SAS/DB2, SAS/SQL-DS, NeoVisuals, JMP,
JMP IN, QueX, Multi-User, Screen Writer, and CREATE are trademarks
of SAS Institute, Inc.



                     SESUG '93 Section Heads

Statistics
             Margaret Menache                Phil Gallagher
             Duke University Med Ctr         Coordinating Center
             Pulmonary                       UNC - Biostatistics
             Box 3210                        CB #8030
             Durham,  NC  27719              Chapel Hill, NC 27599
             (919) 286-0227                  (919) 966-1065
Applications Development/            Performance & Tuning/
  Information Systems                  Host Systems
             Debbie Hoppe                    Keith Brown
             John Alden Life Insurance       UNC OIT
             7300 Corporate Ctr              Phillips Hall CB #3455
             Miami,  FL  33126               Chapel Hill, NC 27599
             (800) 327-7771 ext 3383         (919) 962-6501
Training & User Support               Tutorials
             Julie Smith                   Frank DiIorio
             Glaxo, Inc.                   Trilogy, Inc.
             53804  5 Moore Drive          102 Westbury Drive
             RTP, NC  27709                Chapel Hill, NC 27516
             (919) 990-5415                (919) 361-2243
Posters
             Elizabeth Hamilton                 Carolyn Williams
                           UNC Highway Safety Res Ctr
                           134 1/2  E Franklin Street
                           CB #3430
                           Chapel Hill, NC  27514
                           (919) 962-2202

RoundTable Luncheon                Fun Run / Beach Shuffle
             Andrew T. Kuligowski               Gerri Furlow
             Nielsen Media Research             NCSU
             375 Patricia Ave.                  Computing Center
             Dundedin, FL 34698                 Raleigh, NC 27695
             (813) 734-5473 ext 2756            (919) 515-5419


Registration
             Shikha Sinha & Alfred Montalvo     Melissa Garreans
             DP Pros                            John Alden Life
             P O Box 1815                       7300 Corp Ctr Dr
             Burlington,  NC  27216-1815        Miami, FL  33126
             (919) 222-8030                     (800) 327-7771




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