Stat 321 - Assignment 4
For each problem (a & b) you are to create a data step that will read the data and create a temporary
SAS data set. Use whatever input style you desire. Use informats, formats, and labels freely.
Create a printing (using PROC PRINT) of the data set's variable values making use of titles.
a. Data for ten persons are presented below. Recorded for each person is their age (in years),
gender, and survey score. Decide upon a method and format to use in entering the data.
Person 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Age 26 32 21 23 27 31 29 25 23 21
Gender M M F M F F M F M F
Score 1.2 3.4 1.4 2.0 3.3 1.2 2.3 1.8 3.1 2.6
b. The data below should be entered as is.
c...:....1....:....2....:....3....:....4....:....5....:....6
JOHR0223451
Riverside Hospital
23432
ADRS1212602
Fairfax/Herndon Memorial Hospital
22411
SMIJ0130581
Colfax General Hospital
11234
In the data set above you should produce the following variables:
Variable Name Line Columns
IDCODE 1 1-11
DOB 1 5-10
GENDER 1 11
HOSPITAL 2 1-?
QUES1 3 1
QUES2 3 2
QUES3 3 3
QUES4 3 4
QUES5 3 5
Read Date of Birth with a “Date
Informat” (see documentation). The
gender data are coded as 1=Male and
2=Female – add labels.
Note: the IDCODE is the “Hogben Code”
