Fundamentals of Programming in SAS

Chapter 5: Joining Data Sets on Common Values and Measuring Association

5.1 Learning Objectives

5.2 Case Study Activity

5.3 Horizontally Combining SAS Data Sets in the DATA Step

5.3.1 One-to-One Match-Merging

5.3.2 Comparing One-to-One Reading, Merging, and Match-Merging

5.3.3 One-To-Many Match-Merge

5.3.4 Many-to-Many Match-Merge

5.4 Match-Merge Details

5.5 Controlling Output

5.6 Procedures for Investigating Association

5.6.1 Investigating Associations with the CORR and FREQ Procedures

5.6.2 Plots for Investigating Association

5.7 Restructuring Data with the TRANSPOSE Procedure

5.7.1 The TRANSPOSE Procedure

5.7.2 Revisiting Section 5.6 Examples Using Transposed Data

5.8 Wrap-Up Activity

5.9 Chapter Notes

5.10 Exercises

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