Vancouver SAS Users group

Our next meeting is scheduled around April 2009.

Please watch for the agenda coming soon….

Highlights from our last meeting:

The last Vancouver SAS User Group meeting was held on October 8, 2008 at BC Cancer Agency Research Centre. It was a great success. This meeting was packed with great presentations, great community and great breakfast. The executive team was excited to introduce the first newsletter and networking exercise. Feedbacks are very positive and encouraging. The presentations included:

• Introducing Proc REG – Nathaniel Derby, Statis Pro Data Analytics
• Tips & Tricks - Ryan Woods, Biostatistician, BC Cancer Agency
• Data Cleansing - Common Practices - Peter Hruby, Sr. Manager, Risk Management, HSBC
  

All presentations and the newsletter can be found in our archive below. Thanks to all of you who supported and attended. We look forward to seeing you again in next spring.

Get involved…

We are always looking for User presentations for upcoming User Group meetings, whether it is a quick 5 minute tip or a full 30-45 minute presentation. This is an excellent opportunity to not only share your knowledge and your experience with your peers, but also get feedback and ideas on the work that you are doing with SAS. If you are interested in contributing, please contact one of our executive team members or Christy Hobley, Canadian SAS User Group Program Manager.

The Executive Team is excited to put together a Vancouver SAS User Group newsletter. The first newsletter was handed out at the last October meeting. We already got a lot of positive feedback about it. We will continue welcoming your ideas and contributions to the newsletter. We also would like you to help out to name our user group and our newsletter. For further details, please contact any executive team member.

Executive Team...

We are pleased to welcome 4 new members to the Vancouver SAS User Executive Team; Nathaniel Derby (Statis Pro Data Analytics), Peter Hruby (HSBC), Saida Zardi (Statistical Consultant) and Cathy Rupp (BC Hydro).  Members continuing from last year are Karim Rajwani (ICBC), new President Colleen McGahan (BC Cancer Agency) and new Vice-President Mei Chong (BC Centre for Disease Control).  We thank past president Lee Robson and member Lixing Yan for their contribution for the last 2 years. To know more information about Executive team Roles and Responsibilities, please click here.

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Newsletter Archive:

• Issue 1 (Fall 2008) NEW***

Presentation Archive:

• PROC REG … and Its Discontents - Nathaniel Derby, Statis Pro Data Analytics (Fall 2008) NEW***
• A few useful SAS tips - Ryan Woods, Biostatistician, BC Cancer Agency (Fall 2008) NEW***
• Data Cleaning Process – Common Practices - Peter Hruby, Sr. Manager, Risk Management, HSBC (Fall 2008) NEW***
• Undocumented and Hard-To-Find Proc SQL Features, Kirk Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation
• SAS Global Forum 2008, Colleen McGahan, BC Cancer Agency
• ODS Tips and Techniques, Kirk Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation
  
• Geographic Approach to Analysis and Presentation - Scott Stafford-Veale, ESRI
• Tips and Tricks - Howard Cherniak
• Proc SURVEYSELECT - Sylvain Tremblay
• Reports for GPs using ODS
• Help Us Help You: Growth and Direction of the User Group Community - User Group Executive
• SAS Stored Processes - James Waite, SAS Canada
• SAS Enterprise Guide: A Coder's View of a GUI World -Tim Trussell, SAS Canada
• Proc Report – Bells & Whistles - Craig McCulloch, Stelco
• SAS Global Forum Highlights - Lee Robson, User Group President, Terasen Gas
• Efficiencies with Large Data Sets – by Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting Group Inc
• A Choice in Prediction Rules in Logistic Regression Models – by Melvin Ott
• Data Step - SQL – by Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting Group Inc
• SAS Forecasting – by Tim Trussell, SAS Canada
• Introduction to Proc GLIMMIX – by Tim Trussell, SAS Canada
• SAS BI - OLAP & Add-in for Microsoft Office – by James Waite, SAS Canada
• Enterprise Guide for Basic Statistics (Demo) – by Tim Trussell, SAS Canada
• SAS Efficiency Considerations – by Rupinder Dhillon, SAS Canada (Fall 2005)
• Data Mining for Business Advantage – by John Amrhein, SAS Canada (Fall 2005)
• Introduction to Enterprise Guide – by Sue Walsh, SAS (Spring 2005)
• What's New in Base SAS – by Rupinder Dhillon (Fall, 2004)
• ETL Studio, Dynamic Reporting, and the Power of SAS via Microsoft Excel – by David Ghan (Fall, 2004)
• What's new in SAS/STAT – by Lorne Rothman (Fall, 2004)