(5)Descriptive Statistics

Definition Of Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive Statistics are:
N Frequency Count
MEAN - Average
STD Standard Deviation
MIN - Minimum
MAX - Maximum
Generate Statistics Using PROC MEANS

Syntax
Proc Means Data = XXXX <options>;
var XXXX;
classXXX;
(by XXXX);
output out=XXX;
Run;
Generate Statistics Using PROC MEANS

By default, 5 statistics are generated. Additional statistics can be generated.
Use option MAXDEC= to specify how many decimal point needed for the statistics
Use VAR statement to choose a list of variables for statistics
Use CLASS statement to calculate statistics for groups
Use OUT= option to create a SAS data containing the descriptive statistics
-Many procedures allow you to create SAS datasets
-You can create a report in a dataset
You can also use BY statement to calculate statistics for groups
Using PROC SORT
Whenever there is BY statement in Proc Step or Data Step, your data needs to be
sorted or Indexed
Use PROC SORT to sort data
Proc Sort Data=XXXX <options>;
By xxxx;
Run;
Noduplicate option eliminated duplicate records
Nodupkey options only keep records with unique value for by variables
Generate Statistics Using PROC SUMMARY
Syntax is the same as PROC MEANS
Syntax
Proc Means Data = XXXX <options>;
var XXXX;
classXXX;
(by XXXX);
output out=XXX;
Run;

The difference is
-By default, PROC MEANS generate output
-By default, PROC SUMMARY does not generate output
-To force PROC SUMMARY to generate output, use PRINT option
Difference Of PROC UNIVARIATE and PROC MEANS, PROC SUMMARY
Syntax for PROC UNIVARIATE
Proc Univariate Data = xxx <options>;
Var xxxx;
Class xxxx;
Output out=xxxx;
Run;

PROC UNIVARIATE
Provides descriptive statistics, similar to PROC MEANS or PROC SUMMARY
Provide additional information such as extreme values, quantiles and frequency tables