SAS Means

A procedure for computing statistics.

Usage

proc means data=LIBREF.TABLE STATSLIST maxdec=2;
  var VARLIST;
  class CLASSVARLIST;
  ways 2;
run;

STATSLIST can be any combination of:

• mean

• std

• stderr

• sum

• median

• min

• max

Class Statement

Ways Statement

The WAYS statement takes any number from 0 to the number of CLASS variables. A value of 0 ignores the classes. A value of 1 runs statistics for each single group. A value of 2 runs statistics for each combination of 2 groups. And so on.

Output

To store the STATSLIST variables for each CLASS group, try:

proc means data=LIBREF.TABLE noprint;
  var VARLIST;
  class CLASSVARLIST;
  ways N;
  output out=LIBREF.TABLE2(drop=_FREQ_ _TYPE_);
run;

Note the NOPRINT option, which suppresses printing.

To explicitly name the STATSLIST variables, try:

proc means data=LIBREF.TABLE mean max noprint;
  var Price;
  class Region;
  ways 1;
  output out=LIBREF.TABLE2(drop=_FREQ_ _TYPE_) mean=MeanPrice max=MaxPrice;
run;

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