Fisher (1936) Iris Data

The following steps display information about the data set Sashelp.Iris and create Figure B.6:

 
title 'Fisher (1936) Iris Data';
proc contents data=sashelp.iris varnum; 
   ods select position; 
run;

title 'The First Five Observations Out of 150';
proc print data=sashelp.iris(obs=5); 
run;

title 'The Iris Species Variable';
proc freq data=sashelp.iris; 
   tables species; 
run;

Figure B.6 Fisher (1936) Iris Data

Variables in Creation Order
#	Variable	Type	Len	Label
1	Species	Char	10	Iris Species
2	SepalLength	Num	8	Sepal Length (mm)
3	SepalWidth	Num	8	Sepal Width (mm)
4	PetalLength	Num	8	Petal Length (mm)
5	PetalWidth	Num	8	Petal Width (mm)

The First Five Observations Out of 150

Obs	Species	SepalLength	SepalWidth	PetalLength	PetalWidth
1	Setosa	50	33	14	2
2	Setosa	46	34	14	3
3	Setosa	46	36	10	2
4	Setosa	51	33	17	5
5	Setosa	55	35	13	2

The Iris Species Variable

Iris Species
Species	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative Frequency	Cumulative Percent
Setosa	50	33.33	50	33.33
Versicolor	50	33.33	100	66.67
Virginica	50	33.33	150	100.00