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SAS-L Counts

SAS-L Counts. Arthur Tabachneck Insurance Bureau of Canada. SAS-L archives (Marist University and University of Georgia). 1986 to 2009. 352,193 postings 36,370 distinct e-mail addresses. 18,627 of those used just once 29,380 used five or fewer times 432 used more than 100 times.

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SAS-L Counts

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

  2. SAS-L archives (Marist University and University of Georgia) 1986 to 2009 • 352,193 postings • 36,370 distinct e-mail addresses • 18,627 of those used just once • 29,380 used five or fewer times • 432 used more than 100 times • 4,687 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 • email Howard regarding any errors or omissions that should be corrected

  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

  6. Did the current analysis use such sophisticated approaches? Of course not!

  7. Most Frequent Posters, 1987-2009 • 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) • 28,578 Data_Null_ (1,593) • 2009 25,135 ? (1,278)

  8. Posts, 1987-2009 (What determines how much we post on SAS-L each year?)

  9. Posts, 1987-2009 (What determines how much we post on SAS-L each year?) Could it be US home prices?

  10. What determines how much we post on SAS-L each year? Could it be Competition?

  11. What determines how much we post on SAS-L each year? or simply a failure to communicate?

  12. Most Frequent Posters in Calendar year 2009 Others in the top 40 [Name (Total Posts)]: Peter Flom (337), Ron Fehd (337), Jack Hamilton (335), Ya Huang (317), Sigurd Hermansen (297), Michael Raithel (277), Alan Churchill (258), Karma Tarap (252), Roger DeAngelis (249), Richard DeVenezia (244), Akshaya Nathilvar (227), Dale McLerran (225), Chang Chung (219), Joe Whitehurst (207), Daniel Fernández (205), Kevin Viel (204), Robin High (203), Phani Kumar (201), Paul Dorfman (190), OR Stats (188), Lou Pogoda (178), Liang Xie (166), Barry Schwarz (164), Anindya Mozumdar (154), Randy Herbison (132), Roland Rashleigh-Berry (132), Toby Dunn (128), Jack Clark (125), Tom Abernathy (124), Andrew Karp (116)

  13. Most Frequent Posters in Calendar year 2009 Others in the top 40 [Name (Total Posts)]: Kevin Viel (204), Robin High (203), Phani Kumar (201), Paul Dorfman (190), OR Stats (188), Lou Pogoda (178), Liang Xie (166), Barry Schwarz (164), Anindya Mozumdar (154), Randy Herbison (132), Roland Rashleigh-Berry (132), Toby Dunn (128), Jack Clark (125), Tom Abernathy (124), Andrew Karp (116)

  14. Most Frequent Posters in Calendar year 2009 Others in the top 40 [Name (Total Posts)]: Kevin Viel (204), Robin High (203), Phani Kumar (201), Paul Dorfman (190), OR Stats (188), Lou Pogoda (178), Liang Xie (166), Barry Schwarz (164), Anindya Mozumdar (154), Randy Herbison (132), Roland Rashleigh-Berry (132), Toby Dunn (128), Jack Clark (125), Tom Abernathy (124), Andrew Karp (116)

  15. Most Frequent Posters in Calendar year 2009 Others in the top 40 [Name (Total Posts)]: Kevin Viel (204), Robin High (203), Phani Kumar (201), Paul Dorfman (190), OR Stats (188), Lou Pogoda (178), Liang Xie (166), Barry Schwarz (164), Anindya Mozumdar (154), Randy Herbison (132), Roland Rashleigh-Berry (132), Toby Dunn (128), Jack Clark (125), Tom Abernathy (124), Andrew Karp (116)

  16. Most Frequent Posters in Calendar year 2009 Others in the top 40 [Name (Total Posts)]: Peter Flom (337), Ron Fehd (337), Jack Hamilton (335), Ya Huang (317), Sigurd Hermansen (297), Michael Raithel (277), Alan Churchill (258), Karma Tarap (252), Roger DeAngelis (249), Richard DeVenezia (244), Akshaya Nathilvar (227), Dale McLerran (225), Chang Chung (219), Joe Whitehurst (207), Daniel Fernández (205), Kevin Viel (204), Robin High (203), Phani Kumar (201), Paul Dorfman (190), OR Stats (188), Lou Pogoda (178), Liang Xie (166), Barry Schwarz (164), Anindya Mozumdar (154), Randy Herbison (132), Roland Rashleigh-Berry (132), Toby Dunn (128), Jack Clark (125), Tom Abernathy (124), Andrew Karp (116)

  17. All-time leaders (Number of Posts) Poster Posts Others in the top 40: Paul Choate, Alan Churchhill, Nat Wooding,Tim Berryhill, Karsten Self, Bill Viergever, Mary Howard, Chang Chung, Kevin Viel, Chuck Patridge, Joe Matise, Mike Raithel,Mike Rhoads,Harry Droogendyk, Daniel Nordlund, Mike Zdeb, Dennis Diskin, Ed Heaton, Joe Whitehurst, Venky Chakravarthy

  18. All-time leaders (most calendar months with more than 1% of posts) Poster Months Others in the top 40: Mark Terjeson, Toby Dunn, Melvin Klassen, Bill Viergever, Peter Flom, DataNull, Alan Churchill, Bernard Tremblay, Nelson Pardee, Roland Rashleigh-Berry, Barry Grau, Chuck Patridge, Paul Choate, Chang Chung, Evan Cooch, Nat Wooding, Pete Rikard, Philip Tejera, Sally Muller, Bob Snyder

  19. Most consecutive recent weeks with more than 1.6% of posts Poster Weeks

  20. This year’s longest posts (in terms of # of lines for posters who had at least 20 or more posts) Poster Average # of Lines

  21. All-time Longest Running SAS-L Thread (314 posts to date)

  22. All-time Longest Running SAS-L Thread (314 posts to date)

  23. this year’s most popular topics Topic # of Posts

  24. our use of words continues to change Part 1: Did we get more spam this year? % of all words used Word in 2008 in 2009 Delta

  25. our use of words continues to change Part 2: Changes in the use of our most popular words % of all words used Word in 2008 in 2009 Delta

  26. Up and Coming Poster 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

  27. The Other Direction? Poster 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

  28. 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 atabachneck at ibc dot ca or art297 at netscape dot net

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