PROC REPORT by Example

Chapter 9: Using PROC REPORT to Obtain Summary Statistics for Comparison

Introduction

Example: Vehicle MSRP Comparison Report

Goals for MSRP Comparison Report

Key Steps

Source Data

ODS Style Template Used

Programs Used

Implementation

Initial PROC REPORT for Obtaining Statistics

Code for Obtaining Statistics

Produce the Report

Code for Print Report

Chapter 9 Summary

Introduction

A number of summary statistics can be obtained with the REPORT procedure. To mention just a few, we can obtain counts, percentages, means, standard deviations, medians (50^th percentile), 25^th and 75^th percentiles, and minimum and maximum values. Once we have these statistics, additional analyses such as comparisons of individual records to summary statistics can be performed ...