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The MEANS Procedure

Example 2: Computing Descriptive Statistics with Class Variables


Procedure features:

PROC MEANS statement option:

MAXDEC=

CLASS statement

TYPES statement


This example


Program

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options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60;
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data grade;
   input Name $ 1-8 Gender $ 11 Status $13 Year $ 15-16 
         Section $ 18 Score 20-21 FinalGrade 23-24;
   datalines;
Abbott    F 2 97 A 90 87
Branford  M 1 98 A 92 97
Crandell  M 2 98 B 81 71
Dennison  M 1 97 A 85 72
Edgar     F 1 98 B 89 80
Faust     M 1 97 B 78 73
Greeley   F 2 97 A 82 91
Hart      F 1 98 B 84 80
Isley     M 2 97 A 88 86
Jasper    M 1 97 B 91 93
;
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proc means data=grade maxdec=3;
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   var Score;
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   class Status Year;
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   types () status*year;
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   title 'Final Exam Grades for Student Status and Year of Graduation';
run;

Output

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          Final Exam Grades for Student Status and Year of Graduation          1

                              The MEANS Procedure

                           Analysis Variable : Score 
 
     N
   Obs     N            Mean         Std Dev         Minimum         Maximum
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    10    10          86.000           4.714          78.000          92.000
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------


                          Analysis Variable : Score 
 
                 N
 Status  Year  Obs   N          Mean       Std Dev       Minimum       Maximum
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1       97      3   3        84.667         6.506        78.000        91.000

         98      3   3        88.333         4.041        84.000        92.000

 2       97      3   3        86.667         4.163        82.000        90.000

         98      1   1        81.000          .           81.000        81.000
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