To determine whether there is a correlation between population
and the number of violent crimes, use the Correlations task.
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On the
SAS tab,
click
Tasks, and then select
Multivariate
Correlations. The
Choose Data dialog
box appears.
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To use the sorted data
as your input data source, select
SAS Data in Excel.
In this example, the location is
SASApp:SASDATA.SORTED_CRIME_DATA
(SASDATA.SORTED_CRIME_DATA!A1:H21).
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For the location of
the results, select
New worksheet. By default,
the name of the new worksheet is Correlations.
Click
OK.
The Correlations task appears.
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In the
Data panel,
assign Population to the
Analysis variables role
and assign Violent crime to the
Correlate with role.
In the selection pane,
click
Results.
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In the
Results panel,
select the
Create a scatter plot for each correlation
pair check box.
Click
Run.
The results open in the
Preview dialog box.
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In the
Preview dialog
box, select the Scatter Plot Matrix and click
Insert Selected
Items.
The scatter plot matrix
appears in the new Correlations worksheet.
