Talk:SRA In-House User Group
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Hello SRA SAS Users!
I need your help in order to get the in-house user group meetings rolling. If you would please post your answers to the following questions, this will give me a little bit more information to try to organize our up coming meetings. Your posting will also serve as a first step in sharing information among SRA SAS Users.
To post your response, copy the questions, click on the plus sign (+) to add to the discussion, in the subject line type "Response by (your name), paste the questions into the discussion block, and then type your responses.
- Name:
- Location:
- SBU:
- Time Zone:
- What SAS products do you use?
- How do you primarily use SAS?
- How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly?
- Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment?
- Do you have a web cam at your workstation?
- If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time?
- If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself?
- What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings?
- Please feel free to add any additional information, comments, suggestions, or questions.
I've worked out most of the logistics (thank you, Doug!) so we are ready to schedule our first official meeting, but the above information will help me organize the meeting a little better.
Please post your answers by COB May 7, 2008.
Thank you for your time and input and I look forward to meeting all of you!
Lisa --Mendezla 14:46, 30 April 2008 (EDT)
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[edit] Response from Lisa Mendez
Name: Lisa Mendez
Location: San Antonio, TX
SBU: Global Health
Time Zone: Central (CST)
What SAS products do you use? Base SAS 9.1.3
How do you primarily use SAS? Data manipulation, data analysis
How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly
Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? Yes
Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No
If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? N/A
If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? I would like to check it out
What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? I hope to learn new SAS programming techniques by sharing information, providing others with best practice techniques that I've be able to implement successfully, and to assist all SRA SAS Users in obtaining the SAS resources they need to be successful in their projects.
--Mendezla 14:54, 30 April 2008 (EDT)
Name: Roger Ford
Location: Leander, TX
SBU: Global Drug Development
Time Zone: CST
What SAS products do you use? Base, Graph
How do you primarily use SAS? Statistical Analysis, data manipulation, data management support
How often would you like to meet? Once a month or Quarterly
Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? No
Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No
If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time?
If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself?
What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? Additional SAS tips and strategies
Please feel free to add any additional information, comments, suggestions, or questions.
Name: Ted Fischer Location: Fair Lakes SBU: BTO Time Zone: Eastern What SAS products do you use? None currently, have used Enterprise Miner, SAS/Base, Stat, ETS in the past How do you primarily use SAS? Data mining How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Monthly or quarterly Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? Yes Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? Yes What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? Learn more about SAS Please feel free to add any additional information, comments, suggestions, or questions.
[edit] Response by Dee Baker
Name: Dee Baker Location: San Antonio, TX SBU: GHS Healthcare Products and Solutions Time Zone: CST What SAS products do you use? Base, Stat How do you primarily use SAS? Analysis, Data manipulation How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? Yes Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? NA If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? I would check it out to see if I wanted to buy it. What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? Information, new skills, and learn what other folks are working on around SRA.
Name: Deepak Mav Location: Durham SBU: HRI Time Zone: EST What SAS products do you use? BASE,STAT,GRAPH,ETS,IML How do you primarily use SAS? as a statistical data analysis and data cleaning tool How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? No Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? N/A If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? check out a book What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? Enhancing knowledge about unknown SAS features
Name: Marsha Weston Location: San Antonio, TX SBU: Global Health Time Zone: CT What SAS products do you use? BASE & STAT usually How do you primarily use SAS? Analysis How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? Yes Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? Check out What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? Networking to help us code better Please feel free to add any additional information, comments, suggestions, or questions.
[edit] Response by Norma Bowling
Name: Norma Bowling Location: San Antonio, TX SBU: DBS Time Zone: CDT What SAS products do you use? Base How do you primarily use SAS? Analysis, Data Manipulation How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? yes Do you have a web cam at your workstation? no If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? NA If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? Check it out. What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? Tips, efficient programming, I'd also like to meet other SAS users within SRA and see what type of work they do (and how they use SAS). Please feel free to add any additional information, comments, suggestions, or questions.
[edit] Response by Cindy Vasquez
Name: Cindy Vasquez Location: San Antonio SBU: Global Health Time Zone: Central What SAS products do you use? Base SAS 9.1.3 How do you primarily use SAS? Data manipulation How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? Yes Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? NA If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? I'd be more likely to purchase. What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? I'd like to learn new programming techinques for manipulating data sets. I'd also like to see what other SRA projects are using SAS.
[edit] Response by Jia Li
Name: Jia Li
Location: Cincinnati, OH
SBU: Global Health
Time Zone: East
What SAS products do you use? Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH
How do you primarily use SAS? Data manipulation, statistical analysis
How often would you like to meet? Quarterly
Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? No
Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No
If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? No
If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? I would like to check it out
What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? I hope to learn and share new SAS programming techniques
[edit] Response by Brad Lagle
Name: Brad Lagle
Location: Durham, NC
SBU: Health Research
Time Zone: EST
What SAS products do you use? Base, Stat, Graph, SQL, ACCESS
How do you primarily use SAS? Stat Analysis and Data manipulation
How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quareterly
Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? Yes
Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No
If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? N/A
If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? Refer to the library unless it is a book I would use more than once a week.
What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? To learn more SAS tricks and tips
[edit] Response from Jun Ju
Name: Jun Ju
Location: Cincinnati, OH
SBU: Global Health
Time Zone: East
What SAS products do you use? Base SAS, SAS/Stat, SAS/Graph, SAS/Intrnet
How do you primarily use SAS? Data manipulation, Data Charts, Application
How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly
Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? No
Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No
If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? No
If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? Check out a book.
What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? To extend my SAS Programming skills.
[edit] Response from Lian Luo
Name: Lian Luo
Location: Cincinnati, OH
SBU: Global Health
Time Zone: East
What SAS products do you use? Base SAS, SAS/Stat, SAS/Graph
How do you primarily use SAS? Data manipulation, Data Charts
How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly
Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? Yes
Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No
If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? No
If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? Check out a book.
What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? share and learn SAS tricks.
[edit] Response from Steven Allee
Name: Steven Allee
Location: Cincinnati, OH
SBU: Global Health
Time Zone: East
What SAS products do you use? Base SAS, SAS/Stat, SAS/Graph, SAS/Access
How do you primarily use SAS? Data manipulation, Reporting, Basic Statistics
How often would you like to meet? Once a month, Quarterly, or Bi-yearly? Quarterly
Do you have access to Video Teleconference equipment? No
Do you have a web cam at your workstation? No
If you are outside of the continental United States, do you see yourself conferencing in on the meetings, even if it may be on your own time? N/A
If a SAS book that you were interested in reading was available through an internal SRA SAS Library, would you check out a book or would you rather purchase it yourself? Purchase
What do you hope to gain from attending the SRA In-House SAS User Group meetings? learn new techniques and keep up on latest developments.
