specifies one or more numeric variables to be used in the analysis. The variables must be numeric. For each variable, the VAROUT data set and the metadata contain the following statistics:
Table 6.2: Statistics Recorded for VAR Variables
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Statistic
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Meaning
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N
|
Number of observations
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NMISS
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Number of observations that contain a missing value
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MIN
|
Minimum observed value
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MAX
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Maximum observed value
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MEAN
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Mean of observed values
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STD
|
Standard deviation
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SKEWNESS
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Measure of asymmetry
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KURTOSIS
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Measure of the "heaviness of the tails"
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SUM
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Sum of all nonmissing observations
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CSS
|
Corrected sum of squares
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USS
|
Sum of squares
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(See Appendix 1, "SAS Elementary Statistics Procedures" in
Base SAS Procedures Guide, for formulas and other details.)
