The MEANS Procedure

Procedure Syntax

Tip:	Supports the Output Delivery System, see Fundamental Concepts for Using Base SAS Procedures
Reminder:	You can use the ATTRIB, FORMAT, LABEL, and WHERE statements. See Statements with the Same Function in Multiple Procedures for details. You can also use any global statements as well. See Global Statements for a list.

PROC MEANS <option(s)> <statistic-keyword(s)>;

BY <DESCENDING> variable-1
<... <DESCENDING> variable-n>
<NOTSORTED>;

CLASS variable(s) </option(s)>;

FREQ variable;

ID variable(s);

OUTPUT <OUT=SAS-data-set>
<output-statistic-specification(s)>
<id-group-specification(s)>
<maximum-id-specification(s)>
<minimum-id-specification(s)></ option(s)> ;

TYPES request(s);

VAR variable(s) </ WEIGHT=weight-variable>;

WAYS list;

WEIGHT variable;

To do this Use this statement

Calculate separate statistics for each BY group BY

Identify variables whose values define subgroups for the analysis CLASS

Identify a variable whose values represent the frequency of each observation FREQ

Include additional identification variables in the output data set ID

Create an output data set that contains specified statistics and identification variables OUTPUT

Identify specific combinations of class variables to use to subdivide the data TYPES

Identify the analysis variables and their order in the results VAR

Specify the number of ways to make unique combinations of class variables WAYS

Identify a variable whose values weight each observation in the statistical calculations WEIGHT

To do this	Use this statement
Calculate separate statistics for each BY group	BY
Identify variables whose values define subgroups for the analysis	CLASS
Identify a variable whose values represent the frequency of each observation	FREQ
Include additional identification variables in the output data set	ID
Create an output data set that contains specified statistics and identification variables	OUTPUT
Identify specific combinations of class variables to use to subdivide the data	TYPES
Identify the analysis variables and their order in the results	VAR
Specify the number of ways to make unique combinations of class variables	WAYS
Identify a variable whose values weight each observation in the statistical calculations	WEIGHT

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