Date:         Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:12:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Mary <mlhoward@avalon.net>
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From:         Mary <mlhoward@AVALON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Format question
Comments: To: sas biology <sasbio@GMAIL.COM>
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1's are always Males....unless it is a Female who did the coding.

Otherwise you might take a look at the other variables- are there names?   DNA?  Sometimes in genetics data we can look at the variables on the X Chromosome to determine if the sex is consistant; if it is not we might have a problem with identification of the blood sample. 

-Mary
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sas biology 
  To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
  Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:03 PM
  Subject: Format question


  Hi Group,

  I am working on a old dataset which has a variable SEX  with format sex.
  This variable has values 1 and 2. Is there anyway I can know if  the value
  of 1=Male or female? Please let me know.

  Thanks

  SB