Chapter 2 Creating SAS Data Sets

Your first step in using SAS to summarize and analyze data is to create a SAS data set. If your data is in a spreadsheet or other type of file, see Chapter 3, “Importing Data.” This chapter discusses the following topics:

  • understanding features of SAS data sets
  • creating a SAS data set
  • printing a data set
  • sorting a data set

The “Special Topics” section discusses the following tasks:

  • adding labels to variable names
  • adding labels to values of variables

What Is a SAS Data Set?

Understanding the SAS DATA Step

Summarizing the SAS DATA Step

Assigning Names

Task 1: The DATA Statement

Task 2: The INPUT Statement

Task 3: The DATALINES Statement

Task 4: The Data Lines

Task 5: The Null Statement

Task 6: The RUN Statement ...

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