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Frequency Tables


The variables we want to use in the Frequency Procedure are the same variables seen in Figure 9.4 for SPSS: biological sex (SEX), political affiliation (POLITICS), year in school (CLASSIFICATION), and time spent online (OL). The Frequency Procedure Command in SAS is PROC FREQ, which would look like this when entered into SAS:

PROC FREQ;

TABLES SEX POLITICS CLASSIFICATION OL;

Skewness & Kurtosis



PROC MEANS SKEWNESS KURTOSIS;

VAR Put in Desired Variable Here;

Means & Standard Deviations


PROC statement:

PROC MEANS STD VAR MIN MAX;

VAR CA;