BASUG Quarterly Meeting Announcement
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Does the thought of statistics scare you? Fear not.
This quarter’s speakers will share their knowledge, experience, and
techniques to help get you started in the statistical world of SAS. We are delighted to feature presentations by three of BASUG’s own Steering Committee members: Bruno
Berszoner, Healthcare Analyst at Tufts Health
Plan, Bridget Neville, SAS
Programmer at Dana‑Farber Cancer Institute and Asli Memisoglu, Director, Biostatistics and Data Management at WorldCare Clinical. Immediately
following the meeting, we will provide an informal light buffet lunch for all
meeting attendees. We hope you can
stay for this opportunity to network and socialize with your fellow SAS
users. Please note that we
are in a new venue for this meeting! |
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Topic: |
Getting Started with Statistics
Using SAS |
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When: |
Friday,
September 25, 2009, 8:15 AM – Noon |
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Where: |
Microsoft New England Research
& Development Center Conference
Center First Floor NEW LOCATION (857)
453-6000 |
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Directions: |
Please
visit: http://www.basug.org/directionsNERD.html
Note NEW location! |
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How: |
Individual, On-Line Registration Required.
No e-mail please! |
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To register: |
Please
visit: http://www.basug.org/register.php3
and register by Tuesday September 22nd.
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Contact: |
If you
have questions about the meeting please contact: Karen
Olson (Karen.Olson@childrens.harvard.edu)
or |
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Agenda |
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8:15-8:45 |
Sign-in
and refreshments |
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8:45-9:00 |
Announcements |
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9:00-10:00 |
Basic Categorical Data Analysis in
SAS by Bruno Berszoner, Quality and Health Informatics Department of
Tufts Health Plan |
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10:00-10:15 |
Break |
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10:15-11:00 |
An introduction to nonparametric
statistics using SAS by Bridget Neville, Center
for Outcomes and Policy Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
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11:00-11:15 |
Break |
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11:15-12:00 |
Calculation and customized output
of summary statistics using SAS: |
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12:00-1:00 |
Informal buffet lunch (provided by BASUG) |
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Note: Times are approximate.
Please re-visit the BASUG website (www.basug.org) for updated information.
Abstracts
and Bios
Basic Categorical Data Analysis in SAS
Bruno Berszoner, Healthcare Analyst
Quality and Health Informatics Department at Tufts Health Plan
This is an
introduction to one of the fundamental statistical tools for analyzing
categorical data, the chi-square test. Using the FREQ procedure in SAS, we will
cover how to set up your data, how to run the test and more importantly, how to
interpret the results while relying on only limited amounts of mathematics.
Bruno Berszoner specializes in the management and evaluation of
disease management programs. He also teaches part-time in the Biostatistics
department of the Boston University School of Public Health and is a member of
the Steering Committee of the Boston Area SAS Users Group. Bruno holds a
master's degree in Development Economics from
An introduction to nonparametric statistics using SAS
Bridget
Neville, MPH, SAS Programmer
Center for
Outcomes and Policy Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
This
presentation will briefly introduce you to the differences between parametric
and nonparametric statistics. It will
teach you how to test for normality and decide whether parametric or
nonparametric statistics are appropriate.
The main focus of the presentation will be the nonparametric versions of
the paired t-test (signed rank), 2-sample t-test (Wilcoxon
rank sum), ANOVA (Kruskal-Wallis), Pearson
correlation (Spearman correlation), and how to execute these tests using SAS.
Bridget Neville has been SASsy for
almost 10 years. She obtained her MPH in
Epidemiology at
Calculation and customized output of summary statistics
using SAS:
A few macros that changed my life
Asli
Memisoglu, ScD, Director of Biostatistics and Data Management
WorldCare
Clinical
Now that
you know the appropriate statistics you should calculate how do you get SAS to
output these summary statistics to a respectable table that can be passed on to
your boss, to clients or other interested parties? This presentation will build on knowledge gained
from the previous two presentations and describe a few simple macros that
automate calculation of statistics and output these statistics directly into
customized tables that can be viewed in MS Word and integrated into study
reports. Procedures that will be used
include: MEANS, FREQ, TTEST, NPAR1WAY, CORR, TRANSPOSE, REPORT, and ODS. These macros are versatile and enable
calculation of assorted statistics from categorical, binary and continuous data
and make quick work of generating tables containing summary statistics from
with numerous variables and/or subgroups.
For over 10
years Asli Memisoglu has conducted statistical analysis and programming for
clinical/epidemiological research studies.
She is currently Director, Biostatistics and Data Management at WorldCare Clinical, an imaging Clinical Research
Organization for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device
industries. In addition to providing
statistical guidance, Asli is responsible for SAS programming for WorldCare Clinical.
Prior to joining WorldCare, Asli managed all
biostatistics, data management and scientific communications involving clinical
trials at the biotechnology company Acusphere
Inc. As Lead Pharmacoeconomist/Outcomes
Scientist for Abt Associates' Health Economics and Quality of Life Evaluation
Services, she has designed and implemented outcomes research projects for
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. She serves on the Board of
Directors for the Boston Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association
and is a long-time member of the steering committee for the Boston Area SAS®
Users Group. Asli holds a doctorate in
molecular science and cellular toxicology and a master's degree in epidemiology
from
BASUG
Membership
Keep your BASUG Membership
up-to-date! Print out a membership form from our website, and bring it with you
to the meeting (along with your check). Please
note that we have discontinued Corporate Memberships – we now provide only
Individual Membership at $30 annually, on a calendar basis. For more information on our membership policy,
or to print out a form visit: http://www.basug.org/basugj.shtml
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NEW
LOCATION
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