Saskatchewan SAS Users Group (SUCCESS)

The semi-annual SUCCESS meetings offer presentations, discussions and networking opportunities which can help Saskatoon-area SAS users get the most out of their SAS software.

The next SUCCESS meeting will take place in the Fall of 2012. The finalized date, agenda and an opportunity to register will be posted here as soon as possible.  In the meantime, feel free to take advantage of the presentation archive below.

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Meet the Executive:

Immediate Past-President - Jacqueline Quail
President - Gopinath Narasimhan
Vice-president - Eric Wang
Program Chair - Wei Zhao
Local Arrangements Chair - Alomgir Hossain
Technical Director - Brent Burlingham

Get involved…

The current Executive is looking to add to a wonderful enthusiastic and dedicated Executive team for the Saskatoon Users Group. The time commitment is minimal: most work is done over email in advance of the meetings. Please consider joining us if you'd like to grow your SAS profile, enjoy close connections with SAS Canada and of course, if you'd like to help support fellow SAS users in Saskatchewan.

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Gopinath Narasimhan.

Presentation Archive:

• SAS Update - Matt Malczewski, SAS Canada (Spring 2012) **NEW! 
• Encryption with SAS: Data Encryption & Encoding - Sylvain Tremblay, SAS Canada (Spring 2012) **NEW!
• Additive Hazard Model In Survival Analysis - Sabuj Sarker, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency (Spring 2012) **NEW! 
• Matching Cases With Controls In a Nested Case Control Study - Wenbin Li, Health Quality Council of Saskatchewan (Spring 2012) **NEW!
• Getting the Most Out of Social Media as a SAS User - Matt Malczewski, SAS Canada (Spring 2012) **NEW! 
• Graphing Template Language: Overview & Implications - Sylvain Tremblay, SAS Canada (Spring 2012) **NEW! 
• SAS 9.3 & SAS Support Options - Matt Malczewski, SAS Canada (Fall 2011)  
• SAS/IML: A Flexible Approach to Data Analysis - Xiaojing Wu & Tolu Sajobi, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2011)
• Macro: Passing Parameters by Value vs. Passing Parameters by Reference - Eric Wang, Health Quality Council (Fall 2011)  
• Zero-Truncated Count Data Model - Chel Hee Lee, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2011)
• SAS in Government - Tara Holland, SAS Canada (Fall 2011) SAS Format: Beyond the Basics - Wenbin Li, Health Quality Council (Fall 2011)
• Introduction to Proc GCHART - Vicki Tagore, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2011)
• What's New at SAS - Wally Thiessen, SAS Canada (Spring 2011)
• Using PROC TRANSPOSE - Tong Zhu, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency (Spring 2011)
• PROC SQL: Why & How - Nathaniel Derby, Stakana Analytics (Spring 2011)
• Introduction to SAS IML - Hitesh Bhatt, University of Saskatchewan (Spring 2011)
• What's New at SAS - Jamie Farnell, SAS Canada (Fall 2010)
• SAS & Social Media: What's in it for me?!?! - Jamie Farnell, SAS Canada (Fall 2010)
• Automating Output from Multiple Sources - Jacqueline Quail, Health Quality Council (Fall 2010)
• Understanding Macro Variable Scopes - Eric Wang, Health Quality Council (Fall 2010)
• Base SAS Tips and Tricks - Rob Wilson, SAS Canada (Fall 2010)
• Update from SAS – Matt Malczewski, SAS Canada (Spring 2010)
• IML: The Matrix Language – Sylvain Tremblay, SAS Canada (Spring 2010)
• SAS Enterprise Guide: What's New in 4.2 – Matt Malczewski, SAS Canada (Spring 2010)
• How to Convert Mean Separation Output to Letter Groupings in Proc Mixed: A Tip for Statistical Analysis - Peiqiang Yu, University of Saskatchewan (Spring 2010)
• Forecast Comparisons – Proc Univariate and GPlot – Peter Olynyk, Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (Spring 2010)
• Formatting Variables – Back and Forth Between Character and Numeric – Jacqueline Quail, Saskatchewan Health Quality Council (Spring 2010)
• Using Macros for Dynamic Reporting – Brad Zimmer, Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (Spring 2010)
• SAS/IntrNet - Peter Beug, Information Strategy & Analytics, University of Saskatchewan (Spring 2010)
• Update from SAS & Reference Program Overview - Martha Casanova, SAS Canada
• The Building Blocks of SAS Datasets – S-M-U (Set, Merge and Update) - Andy Kuligowski, FCCI Insurance
• User Driven Data Extraction - Peter Olynyk, Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
• Digging into the roots of the SAS Log – Notes, Warnings and Errors - Andy Kuligowski, FCCI Insurance
• SAS Global Forum 2010 - Andy Kuligowski, FCCI Insurance
• SAS Techniques for Preparing Administrative Health Data for Research Use – Chel Hee Lee, University of Saskatchewan
• What's New at SAS - Belinda Bank, SAS Canada
• What's New in SAS 9.2 - Sylvain Tremblay, SAS
• Proc SQL -  Nirmal Sidhu, Health Quality Council
• Proc Transpose - Mark Horseman, U of S
• Characterized Data and SAS Application Server/Metadata with EG -  Mark Lucas, U of S
• Automatic Generation of Titles, Footnotes, and Superscripts - Paul Cascagnette, Health Quality Council
• SAS Global Forum 2009 / Support.sas.com -  Brad Zimmer, Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
• A Sudoku Design for Field Experiments – Steve Shirtliffe, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2008)
• SAS/Graph Charts and ODS – Mike Atkinson, Acko Systems Consulting (Fall 2008)
• Selecting NHL Teams by Linear Regression Analysis with SAS – Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Fall 2008)
• Efficiencies With Large Datasets – Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting (Spring 2008)
• Plotting Petroleum Distribution Points with SAS Maps / Proc gmap – Brad Zimmer, Federated Co-Operatives Ltd. (Spring 2008)
• Things That Dr. Johnson Never Told Me: An Introduction To SAS Dictionary Tables – Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting (Spring 2008)
• My Experience At SAS Global Forum – Brad Zimmer, Federated Co-Operatives Ltd. (Spring 2008)
• A SAS Programmer's Guide to SAS Enterprise Guide – Marje Fecht, Senior Partner, Prowerk Consulting (Fall 2007)
• Using SAS Indexes – Mark Lucas, Senior Research Analyst, Institutional Analysis, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2007)
• Don't be a Slave to your SAS Programs – Marje Fecht, Senior Partner, Prowerk Consulting (Fall 2007)
• Proc GLM – Mik Bickis, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2007) (Data and Editor Zip)
• Leveraging Enterprise Miner: A Case Study - Sue Walsh, SAS (Spring 2007)
• Using Contrast and Estimate Statements for Hypothesis Testing - Paul Cascagnette, Health Quality Council (Spring 2007)
• SAS and Pivot Tables - Brent Burlingham, University of Saskatchewan (Spring 2007)
• SAS Enterprise Guide: Teaching an Old Proc New Tricks - Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Spring 2007)
• Summary of SAS Global Forum 2007 - Robert Schultz, University of Saskatchewan (Spring 2007)
• Tracking and Forecasting Petroleum Sales at Federated Co-operatives Ltd. - Richard Krause, Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (Fall 2006)
• Stored Processes - James Waite, SAS Canada (Fall 2006)
• Production of Maps of Bird Migration Based on Banding Information - Eric Woodsworth, Environment Canada (Fall 2006)
• Proc Mixed - Jaswant Singh, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan (Fall 2006)
• An Introduction to PROC GLIMMIX – Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Spring, 2006)
• PROC SQL – Brent Burlingham, University of Saskatchewan (Spring, 2006)
• Tips & Tricks: Custom Reporting & Error Checking – Brad Zimmer, Federated Co-Operatives Ltd. and Bjorn Leiren, Federated Co-Operatives Ltd. (Spring, 2006)
• Excel Tag Sets: Customized, of Course – Mark Lucas, University of Saskatchewan (Spring 2006)
  • BONUS: Data Sources & Editor