topic Aggregating variables in SAS Programming

Aggregating variables

kmh — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 21:27:39 GMT

I'm new to SAS and programming in general. I'd like to create a new variable by aggregating three variables into a mean scale. The three variables I want to combine are measured on a three point likert scale. I've been trying to figure out how to do this and I'm lost. I feel like it should be simple. I would appreciate any help on coding. Thank you!

Re: Aggregating variables

PaigeMiller — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 22:04:38 GMT

If your three variables are named a, b and c, then this works:

Y = mean(a,b,c);

Re: Aggregating variables

kmh — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 04:21:37 GMT

Thank you so much. I knew it had to be simple!