
Chapter 8: Formatting Variables, Recoding Variables, and Writing Programs 317
Display 8.55 QUANTILE function
data quant_calc;
* z examples ;
zq_50 = QUANTILE('Normal',0.50);
zq_90 = QUANTILE('Normal',0.90);
zq_95 = QUANTILE('Normal',0.95);
zq_975 = QUANTILE('Normal',0.975);
put "Z: 50th percentile = " @25 zq_50;
put "Z: 90th percentile = " @25 zq_90;
put "Z: 95th percentile = " @25 zq_95;
put "Z: 97.5th percentile = " @25 zq_975;
put " ";
* binomial examples;
binq_50 = QUANTILE('Binomial',0.50,.50,4);
binq_90 = QUANTILE('Binomial',0.90,.50,4);
binq_95 = QUANTILE('Binomial',0.95,.50,4);
binq_975 = QUANTILE('Binomial',0.975,.50,4);
put "Binomial: ...