IMSTAT Procedure (Analytics)

CORR Statement

The CORR statement is used to calculate a matrix of pairwise correlations of numeric variables in an in-memory table.

Performing a Pairwise Correlation

Syntax

CORR <variable-list> </ options>;

Optional Argument

variable-list

specifies one or more numeric variables. If you do not specify this option, then all numeric variables in the table are used.

CORR Statement Options

SAVE=table-name

saves the result table so that you can use it in other IMSTAT procedure statements like STORE, REPLAY, and FREE. The value for table-name must be unique within the scope of the procedure execution. The name of a table that has been freed with the FREE statement can be used again in subsequent SAVE= options.

TEMPEXPRESS="SAS-expressions"

TEMPEXPRESS=file-reference

specifies either a quoted string that contains the SAS expression that defines the temporary variables or a file reference to an external file with the SAS statements.

Alias TE=

TEMPNAMES=variable-name

TEMPNAMES=(variable-list)

specifies the list of temporary variables for the request. Each temporary variable must be defined through SAS statements that you supply with the TEMPEXPRESS= option.

Alias TN=