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PROC TABULATE by Example, Second Edition
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PROC TABULATE by Example, Second Edition

by Lauren Haworth Lake, Julie McKnight
May 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
348 pages
11h 31m
English
SAS Institute
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Sketch a Rough Draft of the Table

The first thing that you need to do when designing a table is to figure out what you are trying to show. Suppose your manager just came to you and asked you to build a table that shows whether having a college degree is related to income. This is a very simple example, but it’s a good illustration of the basics of table design.
You could generate a printout that shows income for non-college graduates and a printout that shows income for college graduates, but what you really want is a cross-tabulation that shows income and college graduate status in the same table.
Using pencil and paper, instead of a computer, we can quickly draw a sketch of your table to use as a guide for constructing the table. A simple ...
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