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Objectives

In this chapter, you learn to

determine the n-count, mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum of numeric variables using the MEANS procedure
control the number of decimal places used in PROC MEANS output
specify the variables for which to produce statistics
use the PROC SUMMARY procedure to produce the same results as the PROC MEANS procedure
describe the difference between the SUMMARY and MEANS procedures
create one-way frequency tables for categorical data using the FREQ procedure
create two-way and -way crossed frequency tables
control the layout and complexity of crossed frequency tables.

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