VirtualRDC News @ Cornell

Following user feedback, we have updated the “Connecting to the VirtualRDC at CISER” guide“

Hash indexes are a new feature in SAS 9 data steps. They can help you with quick lookups, under certain conditions. The SAS site has a ‘cheat sheet‘ you can download and print.

For those programming here on the VirtualRDC or elsewhere, this list might be a useful reference point. Don’t forget the ever useful UCLA Academic Technology Services pages and our very own CISER Online Computing Help. For those preferring the source, the SAS Online Documentation is always useful.

The VirtualRDC guide describes the steps you need to perform in order to log in to one of our nodes. [More »]

If you are interested in using a Subversion repository on the VirtualRDC, the Subversion quickstart guide will be helpful.

A live introduction to R can be found on the Rpad site.

The UNC Carolina Population Center has posted a SAS User’s Guide to Stata, with some useful macros and programs.

See this guide by Lars. Please note that the document may refer to “nero.ciser.cornell.edu”; however you should use “vrdc6401.vrdc.cornell.edu” or whatever login node you were assigned in your “Welcome to the Cornell VirtualRDC” email instead.

Have a look here.

The VirtualRDC has a collection of articles on data pertinent to the VirtualRDC, descriptions of relevant documents, and a selection of how-to guides. New users might want to read in particular the article on “How to use the VirtualRDC.” For a regularly updated list of datasets available on the VirtualRDC, consult the “Overview of available data” under “Available resources“.