SAS Examples: Proc Freq

SAS Examples: Proc Freq

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Sample data

data mytable;

    input id= name=$12. balance= state=$2.; 

DATALINES;
id=1 name=alice balance=5.12 state=NE
id=2 name=bob  balance=12.31 state=SC
id=3 name=charlie balance=45.14 state=NY
id=4 name=daniel balance=32.78 state=
id=5 name=alice balance=20.23 state=WA
id=6 name=bob balance=70.89 state=NM
id=7 name=gabe balance=29.67 state=NM
id=8 name=charlie balance=55.66 state=CA
id=9 name=ivan balance= state=
;
run;

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Simplest possible proc freq

Outputs the frequency for each value in column <column> on table <library>.<source_table>.

proc freq data=mytable; 
    tables state;
run;

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proc-freq Simple proc freq output for the state column

Save output to another table

Do proc freq while also saving the results to othertable

proc freq data=mytable; 
    tables <column> / out=othertable;
run;

Show missing data separately

Output a frequency table and a histogram for column <column> on table <library>.<source_table>, including missing data as a separate category.

proc freq data=mytable; 
    tables state / missing;
run;

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proc-freq-with-missing-data The marked row shows stats for missing values

Proc freq with histogram

Output a frequency table and a histogram for column state.

ods graphics on;
proc freq data=mytable; 
    tables state / plots=freqplot();
run;

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alt text Note that missing data are not included.

Histogram with continuous data

It's very common to create a FORMAT to bin your data into separate groups, so that you can view continuous data as buckets.

proc format;
    value balance_bins
        0       = "Exactly 0"
        0 -< 10 = "Up to US$ 10"
        10 -< 20 = "From US$ 10 to US$ 20"
        20 -< 30 = "From US$ 20 to US$ 30"
        30 -< 40 = "From US$ 30 to US$ 40"
        40 -< 50 = "From US$ 40 to US$ 50"
        50 - high = "Above US$ 50"
        . = "No data"
        other = "???";
run;

ods graphics on;
proc freq data=mytable;
    tables balance/ missing plots=freqplot;
    format balance balance_bins.;
run;

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proc-freq-with-format Use can use formats to group continuous variables into buckets

Two-way histogram

You want to see the distribution of one categorical variable versus the other.

This will group the results by the FIRST element, namely state. You can also use groupby=column to group the results by name

ods graphics on;
proc freq data=mytable;
tables state*name / plots=freqplot(groupby=row twoway=stacked);
run;

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two-way-proc-freq-histogram Two-way proc freq histogram

Two-way histogram with continuous data

Again, use proc format to turn continuous into discrete data:

proc format;
  value balance_bins
    0       = "Exactly 0"
    0 -< 10 = "Up to US$ 10"
    10 -< 20 = "From US$ 10 to US$ 20"
    20 -< 30 = "From US$ 20 to US$ 30"
    30 -< 40 = "From US$ 30 to US$ 40"
    40 -< 50 = "From US$ 40 to US$ 50"
    50 - high = "Above US$ 50"
    . = "No data"
    other = "???";
run;

ods graphics on;
proc freq data=mytable;
tables state*balance / plots=freqplot(groupby=row twoway=stacked);
format balance balance_bins.;
run;

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two-way-proc-freq You can also use formats for two-way plots

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