Getting Started

Sample Data Sets

The following sample data sets are included with SAS/INSIGHT software.

The AIR data set contains measurements of pollutant concentrations from a city in Germany during a week in November 1989. Variables are

DATETIME: date and hour in SAS DATETIME format
DAY: day of the week
HOUR: hour of the day
CO: carbon monoxide concentration
O3: ozone concentration
SO2: sulfur dioxide concentration
NO: nitrogen oxide concentration
DUST: dust concentration
WIND: wind speed

The BASEBALL data set contains performance measures and salary levels for regular hitters and leading substitute hitters in major league baseball for the year 1986 (Collier 1987). There is one observation per hitter. Variables are

NAME: the player's name
NO_ATBAT: number of times at bat in 1986
NO_HITS: number of hits in 1986
NO_HOME: number of home runs in 1986
NO_RUNS: number of runs in 1986
NO_RBI: number of runs batted in in 1986
NO_BB: number of bases on balls in 1986
YR_MAJOR: years in the major leagues
CR_ATBAT: career at bats
CR_HITS: career hits
CR_HOME: career home runs
CR_RUNS: career runs
CR_RBI: career runs batted in
CR_BB: career bases on balls
LEAGUE: player's league at the end of 1986
DIVISION: player's division at the end of 1986
TEAM: player's team at the end of 1986
POSITION: positions played in 1986
NO_OUTS: number of put outs in 1986
NO_ASSTS: number of assists in 1986
NO_ERROR: number of errors in 1986
SALARY: salary in thousands of dollars

The POSITION variable in the BASEBALL data set is encoded as follows:

13	first base, third base	CS	center field, shortstop
1B	first base	DH	designated hitter
1O	first base, outfield	DO	designated hitter, outfield
23	second base, third base	LF	left field
2B	second base	O1	outfield, first base
2S	second base, shortstop	OD	outfield, designated hitter
32	third base, second base	OF	outfield
3B	third base	OS	outfield, shortstop
3O	third base, outfield	RF	right field
3S	third base, shortstop	S3	shortstop, third base
C	catcher	SS	shortstop
CD	center field, designated hitter	UT	utility
CF	center field

The BUSINESS data set contains information on publicly-held German, Japanese, and U.S. companies in the automotive, chemical, electronics, and oil refining industries. There is one observation for each company. Variables are

NATION: the nationality of the company
INDUSTRY: the company's principal business
EMPLOYS: the number of employees
SALES: sales for 1991 in millions of dollars
PROFITS: profits for 1991 in millions of dollars

The DRUG data set contains results of an experiment to evaluate drug effectiveness (Afifi and Azen 1972). Four drugs were tested against three diseases on six subjects; there is one observation for each test. Variables are

DRUG: the drug used in treatment
DISEASE: the disease present
CHANG_BP: the change in systolic blood pressure due to treatment

The GPA data set contains data collected to determine which applicants at a large midwestern university were likely to succeed in its computer science program (Campbell and McCabe 1984). There is one observation per student. Variables are

GPA: the grade point average of students in the computer science program
HSM: the average high school grade in mathematics
HSE: the average high school grade in English
HSS: the average high school grade in science
SATM: the score on the mathematics portion of the SAT exam
SATV: the score on the verbal portion of the SAT exam
SEX: the student's gender

The IRIS data set is Fisher's Iris data (Fisher 1936). Sepal and petal size were measured for fifty specimens from each of three species of iris. There is one observation per specimen. Variables are

SEPALLEN: sepal length in millimeters
SEPALWID: sepal width in millimeters
PETALLEN: petal length in millimeters
PETALWID: petal width in millimeters
SPECIES: the species

The MINING data set contains results of an experiment to determine whether drilling time was faster for wet drilling or dry drilling (Penner and Watts 1991). Tests were replicated three times for each method at different test holes. There is one observation per five-foot interval for each replication. Variables are

DRILTIME: the time in minutes to drill the last five feet of the current depth
METHOD: the drilling method, wet or dry
REP: the replicate number
DEPTH: the depth of the hole in feet

The MININGX data set is a subset of the MINING data set. It contains data from only one of the test holes.

The PATIENT data set contains data collected on cancer patients (Lee 1974). There is one observation per patient. Variables are

REMISS: 1 if remission occurred and 0 otherwise
CELL
SMEAR
INFIL
LI
TEMP
BLAST: measures of patient characteristics

The SHIP data set contains data from an investigation of wave damage to cargo ships (McCullagh and Nelder 1989). The purpose of the investigation was to set standards for future hull construction. There is one observation per ship. Variables are

Y: the number of damage incidents
YEAR: year of construction
TYPE: the type of ship
PERIOD: the period of operation
MONTHS: the aggregate months of service

Choose Help:Create Samples to create the sample data sets in your sasuser directory. When you have created the sample data sets, turn to the Techniques part of this manual to learn how to enter your data and begin exploring it with SAS/INSIGHT software.

Note	If you have an existing data set in your sasuser library with the same name as a sample data set, it will be overwritten if you create the sample.

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