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Enhancements to SAS/GRAPH Software in SAS 9.2

This paper covers the key functionalities that have been added to SAS/GRAPH 9.2. Highlights include integration of styles with current SAS/GRAPH procedures; new SAS/GRAPH statistical graphics procedures such as SGPlot, SGScatter, and SGPanel; Graph Template Language GTL that can be rendered using the SGRender procedure; GKPI and GTILE procedures; Network...

Tags: Procedure, SAS Institute

White papers 2008-04-02

Analyzing Time Series Cross-Sectional Data With the PANEL Procedure

A brief theoretical overview of methods available to analyze time series cross-sectional panel data is provided. The PANEL procedure in SAS/ETS software is used to demonstrate the implementation of these methods in SAS. An empirical example is given to compare different techniques and demonstrate the PANEL procedure's capabilities. Dynamic panel...

Tags: Procedure, SAS Institute

White papers 2007-05-14

Win the Pennant!: Use PROC FORMAT

The FORMAT procedure can be a programmer's best friend once the initial hurdles of understanding its usage have been overcome. No procedure can replace the power of the SAS DATA step, but learning to use procedures in the right place and at the right time may provide new and efficient...

Tags: Procedure, SAS Institute, Proc FORMAT

White papers 2007-05-14

Comparisons Among Various Educational Assessment Value-Added Models

During the past several years there has been a growing interest nationally in using standardized test data to provide a measure of the impact of various educational entities on the rate of student progress. Unlike other uses of standardized test data, the intent of various value-added models is to use...

Tags: Procedure, SAS Institute

White papers 2006-10-16

You Can't Stop Statistics: SAS/STAT Software Keeps Rolling Along

Release 9.2 of SAS/STAT software delivers a variety of new procedures and enhancements, which are motivated by methodological advances in statistics, technological improvements in the SAS System, and user requests for extensions to existing software. In order to respond to this spectrum of requirements, the development for each new release...

Tags: Software, Procedure, SAS Institute

White papers 2006-02-28

Like Wine, the TTEST Procedure Improves With Age

PROC TTEST is an old reliable among SAS/STAT procedures, testing hypotheses about means of one and two normal samples. While this is a narrow class of analyses, it's an important class, with key applications in all areas of science, including clinical trials. Recent updates to the TTEST procedure make it...

Tags: Procedure, SAS Institute, Wine, PROC TTEST

White papers 2006-02-28

Using SAS ODS to Extract and Merge Statistics From Multiple SAS Procedures Into a Single Summary Report, a Detailed Methodology

SAS procedures often provide more statistical output than is needed for a given analysis. When an analysis involves iterative processing on numerous groups of variables using multiple procedures, the number of output pages to be reviewed may be quite massive. By using SAS Output Delivery System ODS output datasets, one...

Tags: Procedure, SAS Institute

White papers 2006-02-28

Introducing the GLIMMIX Procedure for Generalized Linear Mixed Models

This paper describes a new SAS/STAT procedure for fitting models to non-normal or normal data with correlations or nonconstant variability. The GLIMMIX procedure is an add-on for the SAS/STAT product in SAS 9.1 on the Windows platform. PROC GLIMMIX extends the SAS mixed model tools in a number of ways....

Tags: Procedure, SAS Institute, GLIMMIX, GLIMMIX Procedure, Research & Development, Business Operations

White papers 2005-03-09

Additional Resources

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distributionSimple? Compared to what?[i]The procedure works like this: a developer will request your iPhone’s unique identifier. The Identifier is 40-character string that can be found in iTunes by clicking on the word "Serial Number" under the Summary tab when your iPhone is connected. You can...

Tags: Digital media, Apple iPhone, App Store Ad Hoc distribution, App Store Ad Hoc, App Store, Hands-On, Identifier

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service

Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...

Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...

Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience

Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot

News items 2008-07-23

Do college degrees get you anywhere?

Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position

Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...

Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-23

The App Store's buggy update process

The application update procedure for iPhone is a complete and unadulterated nightmare. The App Store tells you you need updates with a nice little red bubble in the upper right of the App Store icon, simple enough, right. Unfortunately that's where the fun ends. The update process...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iTunes, Computer, App Store, Update Process, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-22

VMWare looks ahead at Microsoft, year-end financials and morale

updated: VMWare, whose recent headlines have included an ousted CEO and a re-pricing of its employee stock options, reported second-quarter earnings of $92 million, or 23 cents per share, up from $52 million, or 16 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Revenues were $456 million, an...

Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-22

The green tech edition of ‘what I did on my summer vacation'

How would you like to spend your summer break doing some groundbreaking green technology research? IBM has hired a couple of hundred college students worldwide to lend their brains to projects across the company's 13 research labs, including several focused on solving problems related to making data...

Tags: Green Technology, IBM Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-18

David Litchfield on details of one of the critical vulnerabilities from the latest Oracle patch

More details coming out on the Oracle patches that were released last week, see Ryan Naraine's write up here.  David Litchfield, noted security researcher from NGSSoftware, released details of one of the vulnerabilities on the Full-Disclosure email list today, and the details are staggering.  The flaw allows potential unauthenticated remote...

Tags: Oracle Application Server, Oracle Corp., Database Server, Critical Vulnerability, Application Servers, Middleware, Databases, Enterprise Software, Security, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-15

A health policy turning point?

A health policy turning point?Who can blame the doctors?Especially if they get irritated calling "1-800-Mommy-May-I" to get approval for a procedure they consider necessary. And who is on the phone at the insurance company making a decision on your health care? Some high school graduate?The simple fact is...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health policy, insurance, insurance company

Discussion threads 2008-07-11