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SAS-L Counts Arthur Tabachneck Insurance Bureau of Canada

SAS-L Counts Arthur Tabachneck Insurance Bureau of Canada. SAS-L archives (Marist U. and U. of Ga.). 1986 to 2008. 327,058 postings ~35,200 distinct e-mail addresses. ~18,063 of those used just once ~28,488 used five or fewer times ~410 used 100+ times (60 more than last year).

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SAS-L Counts Arthur Tabachneck Insurance Bureau of Canada

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  1. SAS-L Counts Arthur Tabachneck Insurance Bureau of Canada

  2. SAS-L archives (Marist U. and U. of Ga.) 1986 to 2008 • 327,058 postings • ~35,200 distinct e-mail addresses • ~18,063 of those used just once • ~28,488 used five or fewer times • ~410 used 100+ times (60 more than last year) • ~4,300 addresses were mapped to people’s names, to support aggregation

  3. Future Report Accuracy Depends on You! Let’s all do our part to enhance the accuracy of Howard’s project • Logon to:http://www.howles.com/sas-l/ User: saslguyPassword: caryncusa • Correct any errors or omissions that you’re aware of

  4. Disclaimers • Quantity is not necessarily quality. • There are errors and omissions. We hope and believe they are minor.

  5. Numerous ways to analyze list postings See: http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/sashttp/SGF2009/229-2009.pdf

  6. Numerous ways to analyze list postings See: http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/sashttp/SGF2009/229-2009.pdf

  7. Did the current analysis use such a sophisticated approach? NO!

  8. Posts, 1987-2008 • 866 Pardee, Nelson (69) • 2,177 Miller, Phil (90) • 3,390 Hamer, Bob (165) • 3,488 Hamer, Bob (198 • 3,867 Miller, Phil (93) • 5,166 Schreier, Howard (148) • 5,580 Berryhill, Tim (113) • 9,088 Berryhill, Tim (238) • 10,731 Whittington, John (277) • 12,801 Berryhill, Tim (359) • 12,697 Berryhill, Tim (330) • 11,261 Self, Karsten (282) • 14,126 Crawford, Peter (420) • 20,060 Dorfman, Paul (539) • 21,308 Crawford, Peter (455) • 25,946 Fehd, Ron (753) • 22,567 Fehd, Ron (701) • 24,053 Dunn, Toby (881) • 26,992 Cassell, David (2,133) • 33,963 Cassell, David (2,526) • 28,316 Cassell, David (1,605) • 2008 28,578 ? (1,593) A William’s sister won Wimbledon Euro Angels won World Series SAS 8.2 SAS 9.1.3 Dick Cheney’s Shooting Incident Smoking banned in Scotland bars

  9. Posts, 1987-2008 (Do the rest of us follow the leader?)

  10. Calendar year 2008 Name Posts Others in the top 40: Mark Terjeson, Joe Matise, Ian Whitlock, Richard DeVenezia, Karma Dorjetarap, Dale McLerran, Peter Crawford, Paul Dorfman, Lou Pogoda, Robin High, proccontents, Ed Heaton, Akshaya Nathilvar, Scott Bucher, Paul Choate, Stefan Pohl, Don Henderson, Randy Herbison, Roy Pardee, WenSui Liu

  11. All-time leaders Name Posts Others in the top 40: Peter Flom, Tim Berryhill, Karsten Self, Bill Viergever, Alan Churchill, Chang Chung, Chuck Patridge, Nat Wooding, Kevin Viel, Mary Howard, Harry Droogendyk, Michael Rhoads, Dennis Diskin, Ed Heaton, Venky Chakravarthy, Michael Raithel, Shiling Zhang, David Johnson, Roy Pardee,Joe Kelley

  12. Calendar months with more than 1% of posts Name Months Others in the top 40+2: Melvin Klassen, Arthur Tabachneck, Bill Viergever, Mark Terjeson, Peter Flom, Bernard Tremblay, Nelson Pardee, Barry Grau, Chuck Patridge, Roland Rashleigh-Berry, Paul Choate, Alan Churchill, datanull, Chang Chung, Pete Rikard, Philip Tejera, Sally Muller, Bob Snyder, June Genis, Andrew Cary, Dennis Diskin, Hal German

  13. Most consecutive recent weeks with more than .8% of posts Name Weeks

  14. Longest Posts (in terms of # of lines for posters who had at least 20 or more posts) Name Average # of Lines

  15. Most Popular Subjects Subject # of Posts

  16. Our Use of Words Has Changed Part 1: SAS-L’s use of words in 2008 that Toby used in 2007 Word Toby 2007 % Used 2008 List % Used Delta

  17. Our Use of Words Has Changed Part 2: SAS-L’s increased use of words in 2008 compared with 2007 Word % Used in 2007 % Used in 2008 Delta

  18. Up and Coming Name 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

  19. The Other Direction? Name 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

  20. In Memoriam David Johnson 1956 to 2008 Above picture was taken at SUGI 31 in 2006

  21. Author Contact Information Your comments and questions are valued and encouraged. Contact the author: Dr. Arthur Tabachneck Director, Data Management Insurance Bureau of Canada Toronto, Ontario L3T 5K9 Canada 416-445-5912 atabachneck at ibc dot ca or art297 at netscape dot net

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