| Computing Statistics for Numeric Variables |
| Selecting Statistics and
Variables |
| Specifying Statistics
The default statistics produced by the MEANS procedure (n-count, mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum) are not always the ones that you need. You might prefer to limit output to the mean of the values. Or you might need to compute a different statistic, such as the median or range of the values. To specify statistics, include statistic keywords as PROC MEANS options. When you specify a statistic in the PROC MEANS statement, default statistics are not produced. For example, to see the median and range of Perm.Survey numeric values, add the MEDIAN and RANGE keywords as options. proc means data=perm.survey median range;
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| Variable | Median | Range |
| Item1 Item2 Item3 Item4 Item5 Item6 Item7 Item8 Item9 Item10 Item11 Item12 Item13 Item14 Item15 Item16 Item17 Item18 |
4.0000000 3.0000000 4.0000000 3.5000000 3.0000000 4.0000000 3.0000000 3.0000000 2.5000000 3.0000000 3.0000000 3.0000000 3.0000000 2.5000000 3.0000000 2.0000000 3.0000000 3.0000000 |
3.0000000 4.0000000 1.0000000 3.0000000 4.0000000 3.0000000 4.0000000 3.0000000 3.0000000 3.0000000 4.0000000 1.0000000 3.0000000 3.0000000 4.0000000 4.0000000 2.0000000 3.0000000 |
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