The UNIVARIATE Procedure
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Getting Started
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Syntax
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DetailsMissing ValuesRoundingDescriptive StatisticsCalculating the ModeCalculating PercentilesTests for LocationConfidence Limits for Parameters of the Normal DistributionRobust EstimatorsCreating Line Printer PlotsCreating High-Resolution GraphicsUsing the CLASS Statement to Create Comparative PlotsPositioning InsetsFormulas for Fitted Continuous DistributionsGoodness-of-Fit TestsKernel Density EstimatesConstruction of Quantile-Quantile and Probability PlotsInterpretation of Quantile-Quantile and Probability PlotsDistributions for Probability and Q-Q PlotsEstimating Shape Parameters Using Q-Q PlotsEstimating Location and Scale Parameters Using Q-Q PlotsEstimating Percentiles Using Q-Q PlotsInput Data SetsOUT= Output Data Set in the OUTPUT StatementOUTHISTOGRAM= Output Data SetOUTKERNEL= Output Data SetOUTTABLE= Output Data SetTables for Summary StatisticsODS Table NamesODS Tables for Fitted DistributionsODS GraphicsComputational Resources
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ExamplesComputing Descriptive Statistics for Multiple VariablesCalculating ModesIdentifying Extreme Observations and Extreme ValuesCreating a Frequency TableCreating Basic Summary PlotsAnalyzing a Data Set With a FREQ VariableSaving Summary Statistics in an OUT= Output Data SetSaving Percentiles in an Output Data SetComputing Confidence Limits for the Mean, Standard Deviation, and VarianceComputing Confidence Limits for Quantiles and PercentilesComputing Robust EstimatesTesting for LocationPerforming a Sign Test Using Paired DataCreating a HistogramCreating a One-Way Comparative HistogramCreating a Two-Way Comparative HistogramAdding Insets with Descriptive StatisticsBinning a HistogramAdding a Normal Curve to a HistogramAdding Fitted Normal Curves to a Comparative HistogramFitting a Beta CurveFitting Lognormal, Weibull, and Gamma CurvesComputing Kernel Density EstimatesFitting a Three-Parameter Lognormal CurveAnnotating a Folded Normal CurveCreating Lognormal Probability PlotsCreating a Histogram to Display Lognormal FitCreating a Normal Quantile PlotAdding a Distribution Reference LineInterpreting a Normal Quantile PlotEstimating Three Parameters from Lognormal Quantile PlotsEstimating Percentiles from Lognormal Quantile PlotsEstimating Parameters from Lognormal Quantile PlotsComparing Weibull Quantile PlotsCreating a Cumulative Distribution PlotCreating a P-P Plot
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This example, which is a continuation of Example 4.9, illustrates how to carry out three tests for location: the Student’s t test, the sign test, and the Wilcoxon signed rank test. These tests are discussed in the section Tests for Location.
The following statements demonstrate the tests for location by using the Heights data set introduced in Example 4.9. Because the data consists of adult female heights, the researchers are not interested in testing whether the mean of the
population is equal to zero inches, which is the default 
value. Instead, they are interested in testing whether the mean is equal to 66 inches. The following statements test the
null hypothesis 
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title 'Analysis of Female Height Data'; ods select TestsForLocation LocationCounts; proc univariate data=Heights mu0=66 loccount; var Height; run;
The ODS SELECT statement restricts the output to the "TestsForLocation" and "LocationCounts" tables; see the section ODS Table Names. The MU0= option specifies the null hypothesis value of for the tests for location; by default, 
. The LOCCOUNT option produces the table of the number of observations greater than, not equal to, and less than 66 inches.
Output 4.12.1 contains the results of the tests for location. All three tests are highly significant, causing the researchers to reject the hypothesis that the mean is 66 inches.
A sample program for this example, uniex07.sas, is available in the SAS Sample Library for Base SAS software.