SUGI 31 Hands-on Workshops Paper 107-31 Intermediate and Advanced SAS® Macros Steven First‚ Katie Ronk‚ Systems Seminar Consultants‚ Madison‚ WI Abstract This hands-on workshop presents some intermediate-to-advanced macro topics such as macro referencing environments‚ macro interfaces (SYMGET‚ SYMPUT‚ EXECUTE‚ RESOLVE‚ PROC SQL)‚ macro quoting‚ and macro functions. Good practices and alternatives to macros are also discussed. After a short lecture‚ attendees will perform hands-on exercises
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macroeconomics is of much theoretical and practical importance. 1. To understand the working of the economy The study of macroeconomic variables is indispensable for understanding the working of the economy. Our main economic problems are related to the behavior of total income‚ output‚ employment and the general price level in the economy. These variables are statistically measurable‚ thereby facilitating the possibilities of analyzing the effects on the functioning of the economy. As per the
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QUIZ ON CONCEPTS OF DEMAND‚ SUPPLY AND MARKET PRICE 1. THE LAW OF DEMAND SUGGESTS THAT AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF GOOD X DECREASES THE DEMAND FOR GOOD X. True False [1 pts.] 2. A DEMAND CURVE SHOWS THE [1 pts.] AMOUNTS OF GOODS THAT SELLERS SELL WHEN INCOME‚ PRICES OF RELATED GOODS‚ AND EXPECTATIONS CHANGE. True False 3. AN INCREASE IN THE WAGES OF COAL [1 pts.] MINERS DOES NOT CAUSE A DECREASE IN THE SUPPLY OF COAL. True False 4. THE LAW OF SUPPLY SUGGESTS THAT THE ELIMINATION
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Definition of ’Macroeconomics’ The term Macro has been taken from the Latin word Macros which means big. The field of economics that studies the behavior of the aggregate economy. Macroeconomics examines economy-wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment‚ national income‚ rate of growth‚ gross domestic product‚ inflation and price levels. Macroeconomics Concerns Production Prices Income Employment National Production/Output Total Industrial Output Gross Domestic Product Growth of Output
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Instructor Guo Ji Public email bnuwec@gmail.com‚ PIN interbusiness Contact Information guoji@bnu.edu.cn Course Prerequisites Micro and Macro Course Description This course is an introduction to international business with an emphasis on the contemporary issues of China. The basic content of the course includes (1) an overview of the means of conducting international business‚ with an emphasis on what makes international different from domestic (2) the effects of the social systems within countries
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describe the macro environment‚ can be identified and examined. These There are a number of common approaches how the external factors‚ which are mentioned in the factors indirectly affect the organization but cannot be controlled by it. One approach could be the PEST analysis. PEST stands for political‚ economic‚ social and technological. Two more factors‚ the environmental and legal factor‚ are defined within the PESTEL analysis (or PESTLE analysis). The segmentation of the macro environment according
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Macro Systems Robin Outlaw BSHS/325 March 23‚ 2015 Maria Perotta Macro Systems The macro system is a system designed to bring change within the community. Kirst- Ashman and Zastrow (2010) states a macro orientation involves focusing on the social‚ political and economic conditions and policies that affect people’s overall access to resources and quality of life (p. 31). This paper will be addressing the concepts of personal‚ interpersonal‚ and political empowerment. The way individuals
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Abstract The main two reasons for the companies to implement variable pay plan are: motivating employees and reducing cost. In this paper we try to point out the challenges the organizations might face when they apply variable pay system by reviewing related literature. We find that it is difficult for the company to have a reliable measure for the variable pay system. In addition‚ the focus of the variable pay plan should be on motivating employees or cutting cost and how to strike a balance between
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Types of Variables Binary variable Obsevations (i.e.‚ dependent variables) that occur in one of two possible states‚ often labelled zero and one. E.g.‚ “improved/not improved” and “completed task/failed to complete task.” Categorical Variable Usually an independent or predictor variable that contains values indicating membership in one of several possible categories. E.g.‚ gender (male or female)‚ marital status (married‚ single‚ divorced‚ widowed). The categories are often assigned numerical
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Special Features of marketing theory 6. Which is better? Why? 1. micromarketing Micro refers to the marketing activities of individual units‚ normally individual organizations (firms) and consumers or households. (Hunt‚ 1976) 2. macromarketing Macro suggests a higher level of aggregation‚ usually marketing systems or group of consumers. (Hunt‚ 1976) “---Macromarketing should connote an aspect of marketing which is ‘larger’ than what is otherwise considered” Bartels and Jenkins (1977) argue
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