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online covariance-based SEM workshop using R statistical software
In cooperation with faculty at Memorial University and Georgia State = University, this is the second notice for an eight-hour live, = synchronous, 'hands on,' interactive, audio- and video-supported online = academic workshop on covariance-based structural equation modeling = (CB-SEM) using the open source R syste... 24 Feb 2010 21:05

anyway to use %include() inside a pass-through query?
Wensui, You've been on the list far too long for me to question what you are trying to do, but it would help to see the code that you tried. Without seeing the code, my first guess would be to build the include statement to accomplish the entire pass-through, so that the other system never sees the include sta... 24 Feb 2010 19:58

This happened to me when windows tried an auto update. I'm using 9.1.3 so it's "experimental". Any simple workarounds?
The following error message might be issued when attempting to produce output using ODS GRAPHICS or PROC SGRENDER: ERROR: Java virtual machine exception. java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/java/swing/SwingUtilities2. This problem is most likely to occur if SUN's Java JRE 1.6 or high is installed and... 24 Feb 2010 18:51

reading dates from sql server 2008 as dates
Hi, I have a table in sql server 2008 with dates in the form yyyy-mm-dd, but when loaded into sas they appeared as type:text. Any idea why? Thanks! ... 24 Feb 2010 18:51

anyway to use %include() inside a pass-through query?
i just tried it but without luck and appreciate if anyone is willing to share her/his successful story. thank you so much! ... 24 Feb 2010 17:42

How to convert Excel data to sas
Hi SAS-Ls, I did import an Excel data, but after I import it to SAS and run contents, = it shown some variables with 1 of Len, and $1 for Format. Actually they are= numbers in Excel data but were set as Char type. So when I tried to conver= t those variables from char to num, it doesn't work.=20 For e.g. var... 24 Feb 2010 16:33

proc report and generate frequencies based on a number of
Hi List: =A0 I am using proc report to generate reports. I need to generate the frequenc= ies based on v1, v2, v3, v4 and v5 variables. I tried to use the following = codes but it does not give me the frequencies and I tried to add compute bl= ock and it gave me errors. I know I can use the proc freq in conjunctio... 24 Feb 2010 16:33

Ordinal data
I am looking for the best proc to analyize non-uniform ordinal data. The trial is a randomized block design with 4 replications. The treatments are 4 different varieties of sugarbeet each having differing resistance to the disease. At the time of harvest we sub-sample 20 roots and give them a rating based on... 24 Feb 2010 16:33

last column of *.prn file missing
Hi, we exported an MS Excel spreadsheet as *.prn file. We want to import this file in SAS with the command "input". But the last column of the *.prn file is missing. (MS Excel Windows XP Prof and SAS 9 Solaris, WinSCP to transfere the *.prn file) Has somebody an idea how to fix this problem? Thank in adv... 24 Feb 2010 15:24

Factor analysis for positively skewed data
Hi there, I'd like to run a factor analysis in SAS. I have a questionnaire (28 questions) filled out by ~400 people. The answers range from 1-10, but almost all of the answers are positively skewed. I've tried to transform the data (log, square root, reciprocal) but the data still ends up skewed in some way. ... 24 Feb 2010 10:50