NJSUG 2010 First Quarter Meeting

Next NJSUG meeting will be at the Rutgers Labor Education Center in the morning of Friday, March 26th. It will be followed by Special Training Session by Ron Cody in the afternoon!

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Rutgers Labor Education Center
50 Labor Center Way
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

We have two excellent presentations lined up. First one is by Carles Kincaid of COMSYS on Business Intelligence. Second one is by SAS author and trainer Ron Cody on SAS Formats and Informats.

Visit the meetings page for more information.

Special Afternoon Training Session

afternoon Introduction to Data Cleaning with Ron Cody. This half-day workshop explores ways to look for data errors using both DATA step programming and Base SAS procedures. Topics to be discussed include:

  • Checking values of character variables
  • Detecting numeric outliers
  • Checking for duplicate observations
  • Correcting data
  • Creating integrity constraints and audit trails

Ron Cody, Ed.D., is a retired professor from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School who now works as a private consultant and a national instructor for SAS Institute Inc. A SAS user since 1977, Ron's extensive knowledge and innovative style have made him a popular presenter at local, regional, and national SAS conferences. He has authored or co-authored numerous SAS books.

This afternoon session is at an additional cost of $125, including a copy of course materials. It is open to members as well as to non-members. Registration must be done in advance to ensure an adequate supply of training materials. Checks should be made payable to: NJ SAS Users Group. To register for the class, call NJSUG Treasurer Ted Vittas at (973) 753-6311 or email us at nj.sas.users.group@gmail.com

Payment must be arranged in advance. The NJSUG serves the right to cancel the class at any time. In this case, only course registration fees will be refunded in full.

What's Up?

  • Check out the papers and downloads from the last meeting!

    Howard and Jonas's papers are available for download. Check out their web pages, too.
  • Learn more about JMP

    Valerie gave us a fascinating demonstration of JMP's capabilities. Visit the official web site to learn more about JMP, Statistical Discovery from SAS!
  • Download Michael's presentation

    Presentation slides and UserDefineLang.xml (zipped) for Michael's excellent presentation on SAS Programming Environment are now available for downloading. See the Readme.txt file for the installation instruction fot the xml file.
  • Learn about SAS Functions

    A long time NJSUG member and author of several best selling SAS books, Ron Cody, is giving a two-day SAS Training on SAS Functions including Perl Regular Expression functions in Philadelphia on Aug 13-14. Check out Ron's and other courses at support.sas.com.
  • Mike a Featured Customer

    Another NJSUG member who gave us a great presentation on EBI, Mike Occhipinti, is prominently featured on SAS Institute's web site. Congratulations on your success, Mike!