Generate the Summary Statistics for the Federal Reserve Data

Now that you have access to the input data source, you can start your analysis.
  1. On the SAS tab, click Tasks. The Tasks window appears.
    Tip
    This task interface could appear as a pane in your Microsoft Office application. The functionality in the pane and the window is identical. This book assumes that you are using the Tasks window.
  2. In the Tasks window, click Browse, and then select Summary Statistics Wizard. The Choose Data dialog box appears.
    Tip
    On the Browse tab in the Tasks window, the tasks are listed alphabetically. However, you can search for tasks by keyword, or you can filter the list of tasks by type, category, or SAS procedure. The Summary Statistics Wizard is in the Describe category.
    Summary Statistics Wizard in the Tasks Window
  3. For the input data, select Excel Data and specify the range of the Excel data in the Original Data worksheet.
    Tip
    If your input data source is selected in Excel, then the SAS add-in automatically lists this range in the Excel Data box.
  4. For the location of the results, select New worksheet. Change the name of this worksheet to Summary Statistics.
    Choose Data Dialog Box with the Excel Data and New Worksheet Options Selected
    Click OK. The Summary Statistics Wizard appears.
  5. In step 1 of the wizard, verify that you have selected the data source that you want to use. Click Next.
  6. In step 2 of the wizard, assign the VALUE variable to the Summary statistics of (Analysis variable) role.
    Data Panel in the Summary Statistics Task
    Click Next.
  7. In step 3 of the wizard, click Next to generate the default summary statistics.
  8. In step 4 of the wizard, delete the text for the footnote, and then click Finish.
    The results open in a new worksheet called Summary Statistics.
    Initial Results from the Summary Statistics Task
    Notice that the style of the results does not match your corporate style.
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Last updated: April 27, 2017