Nebraska SAS® Users Group 2008
Feedback Survey

Thank you for attending the 4th Annual Nebraska SAS User Group Conference at Eugene Mahoney State Park near Ashland, NE, at I-80 on Monday, June 9th.

We hope you found the presentations informational.  We would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to fill out the attached web survey to capture your feedback on this conference and help us plan future ones.  You will find several questions that ask you to rate the session or topic.  Please use the following key:

VG = Very Good
G = Good
S = Satisfactory (Neither good nor bad)
B = Bad
VB = Very Bad
N/A (No opinion or did not attend/participate)

You also will be asked about the length of various sessions or the conference itself.  Please use this key:

TL = Too Long
TS = Too Short
JR = Just Right
N/A (No opinion or did not attend/participate)

Let's get started:

1) How many NebSUG Meetings have you attended including this one?      4   3   2   1   Other  If  "Other", please comment: 

2) How many Years of SAS experience do you have?         New to SAS    1    2    3-5    6-10    11-20    More than 20   

 
   3) Please indicate licensed SAS® software, how much you use each, and latest versions that you have:
Base Daily Often Occasionally Rarely Never 9.2 9.1.3 8.2 Prior N/A
Enterprise Guide Daily Often Occasionally Rarely Never 4.1 4 3 Prior N/A
Enterprise Miner Daily Often Occasionally Rarely Never 5.3 5.2 4.3 Prior N/A
Stat Daily Often Occasionally Rarely Never  
Graph Daily Often Occasionally Rarely Never  
Others - Please list:
4) What is your industry?      Finance   Health Care   Insurance   Transportation   Pharmaceutical
     Government   Agriculture/Food   Other:


Please rate each session at the  conference.  If you have comments about a particular session, especially if you rated an item less than satisfactory, please comment in the comment box at the bottom of the form:
Presentation Topic/Presenter Length Rating
  5) Morning Keynote SAS Software and Sports Statistics
David B Marx, Ph.d., UNL		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
  6) Morning I [BT] SAS Date & Time Functions
Andrew Karp, Sierra Information Services		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
  7) Morning I EG for SAS Programmers
Chris Hemedinger, SAS Institute		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
  8) Morning II [BT] Base SAS Reporting with ODS
David Kelley, SAS Institute		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
  9) Morning II SAS and Financial Analysis
Anil Jayaprakash, West Asset Management
Asha Jayaprakash, InfoUSA		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
 10) Lunch NebSUG SAS Trivia Contest TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
 11) Afternoon I [BT] Gateway to SAS: EG
Chris Hemedinger, SAS Institute		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
 12) Afternoon I What’s New in SAS Enterprise Miner 5.3
Pat O’Meara, Pat O’Meara Associates		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
 13) Afternoon II [BT] SAS Macro Language
Andrew Karp, Sierra Information Services		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
 14) Afternoon II What’s New in SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1
Chris Hemedinger, SAS Institute		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A
 15) Afternoon Keynote What’s New in SAS 9.2 ODS
David Kelley, SAS Institute		 TL TS JR N/A VG G S BVB N/A

Please answer the following general questions about the conference.  Once again, please include any comments about a particular topic in the comment box at the end of the form:

 16) How did this conference compare to any previous NebSUG meetings you have attended? VG G S BVB N/A
 17) If you have attended other SAS user group meetings, how did this conference compare? VG G S BVB N/A
 18) How was the food? VG G S BVB N/A
 19) How were the facilities? VG G S BVB N/A
 20) How was the location? VG G S BVB N/A
 21)  Overall, how was the length of the conference? TL TS JR N/A
 22) Was the conference reasonably priced? Yes   No
 23) Is June a good month to hold this conference?  If not, when?  
 24) Would you recommend NebSUG to colleagues or co-workers? Yes   No
 25) Are you inclined to attend a future NebSUG conference? Yes   No
 26)  What topics would you like to see covered in future conferences?
       Macros   Formats   Data Step   Efficiency   Functions   Graphics
       ODS   EG   Other: 
 27) Would you answer a call for papers?   Yes   No
       If yes and you have one in mind, please specify a possible topic:   
 28) Are you interested in more frequent, less formal meetings during the year? Yes   No
 29) What did you like best about the conference?
 30) What did you like least about the conference?

What other comments do you have?  Suggestions for improvement?  If you have additional comments from the questions above, please identify your comments below by question number:

 

          

 

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