topic hn in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192450#M36240 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>`kjh</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:33:10 GMT stats11106 2014-12-02T16:33:10Z hn https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192450#M36240 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>`kjh</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:33:10 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192450#M36240 stats11106 2014-12-02T16:33:10Z Re: Beginner Help https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192451#M36241 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Obviously this is a homework assignment and we do not know what the instructor intended by using the word iteration.</P><P></P><P>With regards to B, I think there are many ways to get this done. You have suggested one such way.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:45:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192451#M36241 PaigeMiller 2014-12-02T16:45:48Z Re: Beginner Help https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192452#M36242 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>"For which iteration"&nbsp; ... think of this as meaning "For which observation in the data set".&nbsp; Technically there can be a slight difference but that's the essence of the meaning.</P><P></P><P>For B, it sounds like you are allowed to use the results of the MEAN function, plus your knowledge that there are 5 data values used to compute the mean.&nbsp; Use those in programming the formula.</P><P></P><P>Good luck.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:57:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192452#M36242 Astounding 2014-12-02T16:57:00Z Re: Beginner Help https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192453#M36243 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Maybe I'm lazy but std = square root(var) so square std would be my quick and dirty if not allowed to use VAR function.</P><P></P><P>BTW, did you notice that all of the values in the second line of data are the first line with 8 added to each? Explains why the variance is the same.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:30:20 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/hn/m-p/192453#M36243 ballardw 2014-12-02T18:30:20Z