Im attempting to use proc tabulate to create a report containing the pvalue from a ttest, but the prt probt options pvalue of ttest isnt correct. The syntax is not as intuitive as some other sas procedures. Sas founder jim goodnight, cheif executive officer,sas. The asterisk can be used for many purposes, such as associating statistical keywords and formats with a particular variable, and crossing elements within a dimension. Proc report is used to create a customized output from existing data. Unlike proc freq this procedure can handle multiple variables in the row and column expressions. We will then go on to twodimensional tables, tables with totals, and finally, threedimensional. First, make sure the data in your sas data set is correct the salescust sas data set used in our examples contains one row for each sales transaction identifying the customer, date, amount, etc.
There are lots of sgplot examples in usergroup papers and on the web. The labels are based on the values of the by variable. Applications are presented in a selfcontained, twopage layout. Tabulate, class, classlev, keyword, table, or var statements. Introduction to proc tabulate sas proceedings and more. The out option in the proc import tells sas what the name should be for the newlycreated sas data file and where to store the data set once it is imported.
Prior to version 7 of sas, the procedure did not exclude the observations with missing weights from the count of. Statistics that are available in proc tabulate, such as sum, colpctn and rowpctn, and where they can be applied will also be discussed. Unlike proc freq, which allows an unlimited number of dimensions proc tabulate allows a maximum of three dimensions. For information about using styles with proc tabulate, see using ods styles with proc tabulate. It can also handle multiple levels in both rows and columns whereas proc freq will only create two variable contingency tables.
I am a huge fan of the first edition of your book and will definitely purchase the update. Specifying class variable combinations to appear in a table example 3. For more examples of denominator definitions, see how percentages are calculated in chapter 3, details of tabulate processing in sas guide to tabulate processing. Your best bet is to use proc freq, export the results into another dataset and then proc tabulate that. One thing i find helpful in using r is to keep in mind that r is more an environment for doing statistics than a language.
Beginning and intermediate sas users will find this stepbystep guide to producing tables and reports using the tabulate procedure both convenient and inviting. Sas publishing examples of tabulate output make up nearly half of this book, which uses the examples to show what the tabulate proc is capable of and how to program with it. Weixing song march 16, 2006 this example demonstrates how to create hierarchical tables. Graphing output of proc tabulate sas support communities.
The class statement tells sas that these variables are categorical variables. The most basic usage of proc tabulate, a onedimensional table, requires at least two components. Examples of tabulate output make up nearly half of this book, which uses the examples to show what the tabulate proc is capable of and how to program with it. To override a style element that is specified in the var statement, you can specify a style element in the related table statement dimension expression. Proc tabulate can even calculate statistics and prints the data in tabular representation. Much of the statement structure and syntax was directly adapted into proc tabulate. The book starts with the basics, for sas users with little or no experience with proc tabulate, then. To illustrate the similarities and differences between proc tabulate and other sas procedures, the following example takes the same analysis and produces the results, first using proc means and then using proc tabulate. If sas dataset doesnt exist, proc tabulate creates it. In fact, i recommend your book as one of the must have sas books sas programming professionals should have on page 71 of my own book.
It can produce tables with one to three dimensions, and within each dimension it allows multiple variables to be reported one after another or hierarchically. For information about creating accessible proc tabulate tables, see creating accessible tables with the tabulate procedure in creating accessible sas output using ods and ods graphics. If you have this page bookmarked, please update your. How to use proc tabulate 3 another common operator is the asterisk. Proc tabulate is mainly used to create a professional looking table. An abundance of realworld examples highlights lauren haworths proc tabulate by example. Introduction to proc tabulate systems seminar consultants. May 26, 2015 i am a huge fan of the first edition of your book and will definitely purchase the update. If sasdataset doesnt exist, proc tabulate creates it. An abundance of realworld examples highlights lauren haworth lakeas and julie mcknights proc tabulate by example, second edition.
This first example demonstrates how the values of a retain variable change at various steps in a program. In those cases, you can specify the threads option in the proc tabulate statement to force proc tabulate to use parallel. The syntax for specifying a style element in a dimension expression is. Example code for proc tabulate by example we have changed how we offer example code and data for sas books. It was built by merging the staff, sales and cust sas data sets. If you are new to sas and new to coding and you are at sas 9. Next the datafile option tells sas where to find the file we want to import. Tables may be constructed from class variables, analysis variables, and statistics keywords. Proc tabulate and ods pdf woes sas support communities. Html table produced by proc tabulate shows a table created with html. I am sure that the second edition will become the new goto on proc tabulate. Sas pronounced sass, originally statistical analysis system is an integrated system of software products provided by sas institute inc. Proc tabulate will now interpret the dimension statements in this order, first page, then the row, then the columns.
Setting the percentage in proc tabulate david franklin, quintiles real late phase research, cambridge, ma abstract proc tabulate is a very powerful procedure which can do statistics and frequency counts very efficiently, but it. Beginning with version 7 of the sas system, you can use the output delivery system to create customized html files from proc tabulate. In those cases, you can specify the threads option in the proc tabulate statement to force proc tabulate to use parallel processing. Proc tabulate and the neat things you can do with it wendi l. The following examples further clarify how to use the retain statement, particularly with regard to the need to sometimes reset the retained variables. Input data sets on page 18 exclnpwgts excludes observations with nonpositive weight values zero or negative from the analysis. I think a proc sql plus a proc tranpose should work. Contact informa tion your comments and questions are va lued and encouraged. Tabulate, table statement, classlev, keyword, style override option introduction proc tabulate has its roots in a table generation program that had been developed by the bureau of labor statistics rhodes, 2005. More the format option on the proc statement has a global effect for all the cells in the report there is an option that has a local effect that can. Your boss wants to know the average age, income, and education of. Proc tabulate summarizes values for all observations in a data set and prints the summaries in table format. The references section at the back of each paper lists a bunch of other papers. For information about using sas formats as style attribute values, see using a format to assign a style attribute.
More the format option on the proc statement has a global effect for all the cells in the report there is an option that has a local effect that can override the global effect. For an explanation of the program that produces this table, see specifying style elements for html. The example can be further simplified to a more conventional use of tabulate and still show a buggy format in pdf. Introduction this paper will start out with the most basic onedimensional table. Custom tables is spsss functional equivalent of sass tabulate procedure, which is in its essence a special purpose language for creating an accountants spreadsheet from a sas dataset. If you need the dataset in the same structure as the tabulate output, you need to tranpose the data from longnarrow to shortwide. It looks at the basic syntax, and then builds on this syntax by using examples on how to produce one, two, and threedimensional tables using the table statement.
The following chapters walk you through the process of building proc tabulate tables step by step, with plenty of examples. I do not recommend spending any amount of time on solving this problem. Examples of proc template code will be provided to modify existing sas styles, and picture. It can produce tables with one to three dimensions, and within each dimension it allows multiple variables to. A getting started tutorial art carpenter california occidental consultants, anchorage, ak abstract although proc tabulate has been a part of base sas for a very long time, this powerful analytical and reporting procedure is very under utilized.
You can use the attrib, format, label, and where statements with the proc tabulate procedure. For an example of creating a table with default by group labels, see creating accessible tables with the tabulate procedure in creating accessible sas output using ods and ods graphics. Introduction to proc tabulate 14 step 1 for using proc tabulate 1. Wright, educational testing service, princeton, nj abstract this introduction to proc tabulate first looks at the basic syntax of proc tabulate and then, using a series of examples, shows how to produce one, two and three dimensional tables. The equal sign is an operator most commonly used for formatting and table design. Hi, i am trying to caculate sum and count of a variable with one proc tabulate procedure, so that the sum of var1 will be displayed beside count of var1. This procedure is often used to create tables to be used in publications because it allows for a great. Specifying a denominator for the pctn statistic the following proc tabulate step calculates the n statistic and three different versions of pctn using the data set energy. The number of observations in the output data set depends on the number of categories of data that are used in the tables and the number of subtables that are generated. Beginning and intermediate sasa users will find this stepbystep guide to producing tables and reports using the tabulate procedure both convenient and inviting. But the boss wants 3 of the smaller tables on the same page and wants the 2 bigger tables to each be on one page. Sas sucks for getting output you like in a good format. Examples of hierarchical tabulate in sas edited by.
This paper is based on version 8, but all of the examples save the last one will also work in version 6. Proc tabulate is predominately used to make nice looking tables. Proc tabulate by example, second edition 2, lake, lauren. For this first set of examples, we are going to compute some statistics on. The output data set contains these variables in this order. The var statement tells sas that these variables are analysis variables. The goal of this book is to debunk the myth that proc tabulate is impossible to learn. Ive used proc tabulate to generate 5 different tables and wrote those to a pdf document with ods. Contents has no effect on tabulate procedure reports. It must be noted that the examples in this paper use the ods listing output destination, but could be easily converted into nice looking output using ods pdf, ods rtf or ods html output destinations that allow for substantial formatting and use of proportional fonts. Using preloaded formats with class variables example 4. Wright, ctb mcgrawhill, harrisburg, pa abstract this paper starts with an introduction to proc tabulate.
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