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                        TELL LISTSERVE SUB KAREN P. BAKER, THE OHIO STATE
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Subject:      Re: Things to do in Minneapolis

>Can someone on ASHE-L talk about things to do in Minneapolis
>during our annual conference?  Conference is set for Oct 28 - Nov 1, 1992.
>
>Perhaps neat places to eat, cultural activities during that time, etc.

A great place to eat or share a drink with a friend is a restaurant at the
top of the IDS Tower (IDS Tower I think, it has been a long time so please
forgive the memory loss).  Hold out for a window seat unless you are afraid
of heights, then the view down may leave you dizzy.

A friend and I went there for a drink and dinner.  We arrived a half hour
so so before sunset and got to watch the sun go down and the city lights
come on.  One of my most memorable dinners (don't remember a thing about
the food so it probably was not exceptionally good or bad; who cares with a
view like that).







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              25 Sep 1992 15:45:39 EDT from <garofalo@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG>

The tenth annual conference sponsored by the World Association for
Case Method Research and Application will be held on July 4-7, 1993
in Bratislava, Slovakia.  Proposals for papers and presentations are
due on January 15, 1993.  The conference focuses on cases, simulations,
games, videso and other interactive methods.  Papers can address research
on interactive teaching methods, theory, application, and evaluation of
such methods.  WACRA conferences are interdisciplinary, multinational
forums.  They are great conferences.  For information about submitting
proposals contact HANS KLEIN at 23 Mackintosh Avenue, Needham, MA 02192;
FAX: 1617-444-1548; BITNET:  HKLEIN@BENTLEY.
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PLEASE DO NOT SEND MONEY !
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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:10:12 EDT
From: Sharon O'Donnell <SIO1@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: Simple problem

In article <920930083213_2@ccm.hf.intel.com>, Ski Taniguchi
<Ski_Taniguchi@CCM.HF.INTEL.COM> says:

>Could you have used:
>     DATA SELECTIO;
>          IF (ROUND(RANUNI90),1) ;

Arnold Schick offered a similar response.

The ROUND function  restricts you to ~50%.   I have used the
following lines to debug programs that work with large
datasets &  to generate verification lists.  It allows you
to select (approx) any percentage of your observations.

check=ranuni(0);
if check le 0.100;   /* to pull ~10% of the observations */

The ranuni function returns a values from the uniform
distribution (0,1).  If I wanted to pull ~50% of the
observations, I would change the second line to...


if check le 0.500;   /* to pull ~50% of the observations */


----------------------------------------
Sharon I. O'Donnell   sio1@psuvm.psu.edu
Penn State University
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Subject: Solution to Graphics file output problem on 6.07 under VMS
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My thanks to Rodney (gov%"sparanan@salt.ra.anl.gov") and Kernon Gibes
(gibes@SWIRL.MONSANTO.COM) who both suggested using an explicit FILENAME
statement preceding the GOPTIONS statement. This works fine and the corrected
program looks like this

data one;do i=1 to 100;x=round(5*normal(0))/5;output;end;run;
title 'Normal Distribution';
filename gsasfile 'ps300.gsf';
goptions device=ps300  gaccess=gsasfile gsfmode=replace;
proc gchart;vbar x;pattern1 v=e;
run;
endsas;

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From:         "Karl L. Wuensch" <PSWUENSC@ECUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Point bi-serial corrs
              30 Sep 1992 10:48:00 EST from <sas@NIORDS1.EM.CDC.GOV>

     sas@NIORDS1.EM.CDC.GOV asks:
>Has anyone performed point bi-serial corrs in SAS?  With covariates?
>What proc?

Yes.  Yes.  Without covariates use PROC TTEST, PROC CORR, PROC REG, PROC ANOVA,
or PROC GLM.  With covariates use PROC REG or PROC GLM.  As long as your Y is
continuous and X dichotomous, you are doing a point-biserial.  Simple
example with two covariates:

     PROC REG; MODEL Y = COV1 COV2 GROUP / STB SCORR2;

     The partial and semipartial coefficients for GROUP will be adjusted for
your two covariates.  I assume you are not interested in interactions.
In psychology this analysis would most commonly be called an "Analysis of
Covariance."

    Karl L. Wuensch, Dept. of Psychology, East Carolina Univ.
    Greenville, NC  27858-4353, phone 919-757-6800
    Bitnet Address: PSWUENSC@ECUVM1
    Internet Address:  PSWUENSC@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU
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From:         Evan Cooch <ECOOCH@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      SAS 6.07 under AIX / nohup?
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Hi all...

I'm trying to run a SAS program under AIX, and am having problems figuring
out how to set up the task to run in the background so I can exit the system
without causing the program to terminate.

Suppose the name of the program is MULTVAR.

I've tried using

NOHUP SAS MULTVAR & <enter>

and

SAS MULTVAR & <enter>

to no avail. Each time I EXIT the system, the program terminates. Any idea
as to what I need to do? Surely there must be some way to set a SAS job
into the background so that it doesn;t terminate when I exit.

All help apreciated. I'm running 6.07 on an RS/6000 550 running the latest
flavor of AIX. I'm connect to the machine via CMS TELNET (i.e., I have to
connect to my CMS mainframe account to connect to the 6000).

Thanks in advance...

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Subject:      SAS on UNIX or SAS on PC

hello sasusers..i have just been introduced to this group by my
guru, joe kelley, and am anxiously seeking insight.

I am working with a small company which currently has an IBM RS6000
with 2 400 mg disks and 1 670 mg disk and operates with 32 mg RAM.
They run under a unix operating system.  I work with a small division
of the company which is managing and beginning to analyze large, and
growing, datasets.  This is the only division which will ever use
SAS with a future maximum of three users at any one time.
We have currently been running with PCSAS but have now been approached
to move to the unix system.

I will hopefullyy be running little sas programs such as
factor analyses with over 1,000 people and 100 or so variables.
I would love some insight about what I can expect to encounter
when I try this in the PC environment as well as what will happen
to the 34 or so word processing and accounting-type people who
are currently working on the unix system when I do my act.

I understand the power that can be gained if we move to the unix
system but I have no control over that machine and would hate to
have my access limited because I might irritate a smoothly running
system.

There is only one person responsible for the mainframe operations
and she is unfamiliar with SAS.  As I'm sure many of you know,
this is an expensive decision and I would like as much information
as possible so that we don't bite off more than we can chew.  SAS
has always been more than a mouthful for me and I've only been
quiet, sas-loving, sas-hating, graduate student.  I never had to
worry about system/hardware issues; those are joe's problems.

I greatly appreciate any insights.  Thanks.

Andee
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My thanks goes to everyone who suggested that I use the COALESCE
function to fix the blank keys in the OUTER JOIN.  It worked like a
charm!

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Reply-To:     Jim Mulherin <CONJPM@UCSCVM.BITNET>
From:         Jim Mulherin <CONJPM@UCSCVM.BITNET>
Subject:      pc sas/graph box plot with variance & mean

CONTENTS: PC SAS/GRAPH Question  (or proc Plot or whatever)
SUMMARY:  How do a box & whisker plot where the box ends are the standard
          dev., something like the old SUGI Supl. Lib. Proc SPLOT in shape.
          (I am looking for the easiest way, not a lot of Annotate if possible.
REL/PLTF: CMS/MVS 5.18, MVS/ESA 6.07, Sun Unix 6.07, DOS 6.04
NAME:     Jim Mulherin
E-ADDR:   conjpm@ucscvm
PH/ADDR:  408-459-2591, CATS, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
---------

I am talking with a faculty member in environmental studies.  She has a
class assignment for people to do descriptive statistics of grubs found
in two ponds (A and B).  She would also like to do a plot.  E.g. the data
could be:
  Pond A: 8, 11, 11, 14, 15  (grubs per sample, a density figure)
  Pond B: 6, 7, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13

The plot should look something like the following (Note:  not drawn to
scale or even accurate--just to give you an idea of what shapes should
be there!).

     #   |      *              <-- range of grubs in pond A
   grubs |      |         *
         |     ---        |
         |     |||        |
         |     |||       ---   <-- standard deviation in pond B
         |    -----      |||   <-- mean for pond A
         |    |||||      |||
         |    |---|     -----
         |    | | |     |||||  <-- The mean bars are not essential
         |    | * |     |---|
         |    |   |     | * |
         |    |   |     |   |
         |-----------------------------
                A         B
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Reply-To:     Sally Muller <UNCSM1@UNC.BITNET>
From:         Sally Muller <UNCSM1@UNC.BITNET>
Subject:      re: SAS on UNIX or SAS on PC

----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY:  Question SAS Window Beta or VIP Beta?
REL/PLTF: 6.06 OS/2
E-ADDR:   uncsm1@unc.bitnet
NAME:     Sally Muller
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In Bert Cave's last note he says:

>The release I have been working with is the third alpha refresh,
>which was not generally released.  If you are using an earlier
>version, I agree with you.  The release I am referring to,
>however, is -- HONEST -- very solid.

Bert, I had received this earlier from local SAS-L subscriber:

> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hey guys, I saw this on SAS-L
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
> >At Intel, we have been alpha (now beta) testing SAS for Windows.     any mont
>   ---Bunch of stuff deleted---
>
> I thought _we_ were on the beta-test list for SAS/Winders?  Last
> I heard (on SUG-L, I think) there was no date in sight for the
> beta.  Did something happen while I wuz sleepin' or is this guy
> working with an "unofficial beta" version.   Inquiring minds
> about to purchase OS/2 systems sometime in the
> not-too-distant-future wanna know ! :->

OK, so I then I remembered Jack Hamiliton's note from the
demo of SAS for Windows at the Bay Area SAS Users Group
meeting. Jack said:

>
> SAS says that this will be an "open" beta, meaning that almost
> anyone who asks for it can get it.  The real product will be out,
> perhaps, 1Q93.

My question -- is this still the scoop?  Here we've seen steady
increase in our number of SAS OS/2 users.  A while back the
"official" SAS policy was to say that OS/2 was the superior
windowing "environment" (since Windows is not an OS) for running
SAS.  I have SAS OS/2 and love it....but want to keep an open
mind :-) and look at the beta Windows.

PS -- Have to mention that despite it's shortcomings many of the
PC SAS users here are very happy with 6.04 and can't be persuaded
that they need anything more!
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Reply-To:     "(Kernon Gibes)" <gibes@SWIRL.MONSANTO.COM>
From:         "(Kernon Gibes)" <gibes@SWIRL.MONSANTO.COM>
Subject:      RE: Graphics file output problem on 6.07 under VMS
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Comments: cc: GIBES@tin.monsanto.com

 CONTENT:   Response (to Lloyd's VMS SAS/GRAPH question)
 SUMMARY:   Try using a FILENAME to establish the fileref
 REL/PLTF:  6.07 TS301/VMS
 E-ADDR:    gibes@swirl.monsanto.com
 NAME:      Kernon Gibes
 DATE:      28 September 1992

David C Lloyd wrote about SAS not generating a GSF file and writing to the
screen instead...

<stuff deleted>
>However there is no ps3.gsf file and the system actually sends the output to
>the screen. I tried "gsfname=ps3" (which is what I used to use with 6.06 and
>happily produced "ps3.gsf") with the same result.
<stuff deleted>

There have been changes since 6.06.  Try the following:


data one;do i=1 to 100;x=round(5*normal(0))/5;output;end;run;
title 'Normal Distribution';

filename gsf 'ps3.gsf';  /****** added fileref definition ******/

goptions device=ps300 gsfname=gsf gsfmode=replace nodisplay;
proc gchart;vbar x;pattern1 v=e;
run;
endsas;


where the GSF fileref is explicitly defined by a FILENAME statement.
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From:         "(R. Snyder)" <rsnyder@LOBBY.TI.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS/ACCESS under Unix
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              92 6:20 pm

SUBJECT:   SAS/ACCESS for UNIX
SUMMARY:   Comment
REL/PLTF:  6.07/HP300
E-ADDR:    rsnyder@lobby.ti.com
NAME:      Bob Snyder
COMPANY:   Texas Instruments, Sherman, TX
PHONE:     (903) 868-5799
FAX:       (903) 868-7240
>
> Hi Folks,
>
>    I just received my License Fee Schedule for the SAS System
> under Unix/OpenVMS, effective Jan 1, 1993. I noticed that they describe:
>
> SAS/ACCESS under Sun includes Interfaces to ORACLE,
> INGRES, and SYBASE.
>
>    Could this be true?  Either now or in the NEAR future?
> If so, bravo SAS!!!  Anyone out there able to comment from
> hands-on a beta?
>
> Cheers,
> Mark Schildhauer
> SSCF
> Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara
>
Now if they'd just do the same for HP-UX, I'd have it made!

Bob
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From:         sas@NIORDS1.EM.CDC.GOV
Subject:      Point bi-serial corrs
Comments: To: SAS-L@AWIIMC12.IMC.UNIVIE.AC.AT

Has anyone performed point bi-serial corrs in SAS?  With covariates?
What proc?
ThANKS
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Date:         Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:57:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Debbie Wall - UMKC Computing Services <WALL@UMKCVAX1.BITNET>
From:         Debbie Wall - UMKC Computing Services <WALL@UMKCVAX1.BITNET>
Subject:      Using the DELETE key on a DECterm.

For some reason the DELETE (backspace) key does not work for use in any
SAS window.  We are using 6.07 on a VAX 6540, and VT1200 terminals.  Do
you have to have a special configuration file to map that key correctly?

Deborah Wall                            User Services Support Supervisor
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From: zhao@adx.adelphi.edu (Bin Zhao)
Subject: SUGI conference
Organization: Adelphi University
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 01:15:18 GMT

Hi there,

	Could somebody please tell me where I can get a registration
form for next year's SUGI confrence in New York City. many thanks.


--Nancy
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 12:48:40 CDT
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From:         "(R. Snyder)" <rsnyder@LOBBY.TI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Confid. Ellipses
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              92 10:14 pm

SUBJECT:   Confindence Ellipses
SUMMARY:   Try SAS/INSIGHT
REL/PLTF:  6.07/HP300
E-ADDR:    rsnyder@lobby.ti.com
NAME:      Bob Snyder
COMPANY:   Texas Instruments, Sherman, TX
PHONE:     (903) 868-5799
FAX:       (903) 868-7240

Nancy Bowers asks:
>
> Hi!  Does anyone know where I could find out how to construct 95% confidence
> ellipses about centroids generated using principal components analysis?
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Nancy Bowers
> Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology
> Penn State University
>

Nancy,

Assuming it's available at your site, SAS/INSIGHT is able to generate a
scatter plot matrix of a principle components analysis with confidence
ellispses. The product is easy to use and the results are impressive.

Rgeards,
Bob
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Subject: Simple problem
Date: 30 Sep 92 03:24:08 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I know that I must be glossing over the answer to my problem when I
flip through the manual.

I have a very large data set.  I want a random sample of observations.
How do I do it?

Thanks for pointing out the obvious to my tired eyes.

Joyce Morris  jjmorris@gandalf.rutgers.edu
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:29:32 MDT
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From:         "Kevin Nechodom (Unix Wannabe)" <knechod@STACC.MED.UTAH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Mega-View variable naming in PROC SQL
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> To: knechod@stacc.med.utah.edu
> From: "Howard Schreier" <HIS@CU.NIH.GOV>
> Date:     Wed, 30 Sep 1992  13:54:01 EDT
> Subject:  Re:  Mega-View variable naming in PROC SQL

With my plea for help, I got this:
> Can you transpose (are all variables the same type and
> length)? About how many observations?
>
> Other strategies . . . Two views . . . PROC COMPARE . . .?

And that was exactly what I needed! PROC COMPARE will do precisely
the job.  Many thanks!

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Kevin Nechodom UofU STACC        | Great minds talk about ideas.
 UofU doesn't even know I exist; | Good minds talk about things.
 how would they care what I say? | Little minds talk about other people.
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