Date:         Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:20:57 -0400
Reply-To:     "Wright, Wendi" <wwright@ETS.ORG>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Wright, Wendi" <wwright@ETS.ORG>
Subject:      SAS Tip - Saving stats using Proc Means
Comments: To: SAS Tips <sastips@ets.org>
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Have you ever needed to save statistics that you can produce using proc
means into a SAS dataset?  Here is the easiest way:

proc means data=dsname;
        var  verb  math  crit;
        by   gender;
        output out=outdsname
                        n = nv
                        mean = mnv mnm mnc
                        std = stdv stdm stdc
                        sum = sumv summ sumc;
run;

The output statement in the proc means procedure allows you to specify what
statistic you want and then what to call the variables in the new dataset.
In this case, the output dataset will have 11 variables:  gender, nv
(calculated for the verb variable), then the mean, std, and sum for all
three variables.

Enjoy!
Wendi



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