Sashelp Data Sets


Flying Mileages between 10 US Cities Data

The Sashelp.Mileages data set contains a table of flying mileages between 10 US cities. This data set is frequently used to illustrate cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling. The following steps display information about the Sashelp.Mileages data set and create Figure B.15:

title 'Flying Mileages between 10 US Cities Data';
proc contents data=sashelp.Mileages varnum;
   ods select position;
run;

title 'The Full Data Set';
proc print data=sashelp.Mileages heading=horizontal;
   id city;
run;

Figure B.15: Flying Mileages between 10 US Cities Data

Flying Mileages between 10 US Cities Data

Variables in Creation Order
# Variable Type Len
1 Atlanta Num 8
2 Chicago Num 8
3 Denver Num 8
4 Houston Num 8
5 LosAngeles Num 8
6 Miami Num 8
7 NewYork Num 8
8 SanFrancisco Num 8
9 Seattle Num 8
10 WashingtonDC Num 8
11 City Char 15

The Full Data Set

City Atlanta Chicago Denver Houston LosAngeles Miami NewYork SanFrancisco Seattle WashingtonDC
Atlanta 0 . . . . . . . . .
Chicago 587 0 . . . . . . . .
Denver 1212 920 0 . . . . . . .
Houston 701 940 879 0 . . . . . .
Los Angeles 1936 1745 831 1374 0 . . . . .
Miami 604 1188 1726 968 2339 0 . . . .
New York 748 713 1631 1420 2451 1092 0 . . .
San Francisco 2139 1858 949 1645 347 2594 2571 0 . .
Seattle 2182 1737 1021 1891 959 2734 2408 678 0 .
Washington D.C. 543 597 1494 1220 2300 923 205 2442 2329 0