https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Weighted-average/m-p/249649#M46984 <P>For an example and explanation, see the article <A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2016/01/06/weighted-mean-in-sas.html" target="_self">"Compute a weighted mean in SAS."</A></P> Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:03:03 GMT Rick_SAS 2016-02-12T13:03:03Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Weighted-average/m-p/249527#M46953 <P>I am trying to find the weighted average of group of returns. &nbsp;I want to weight based on another column value (account value). &nbsp;I'm having trouble figuring out how to do this, and any help would be appreciated.</P> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:59:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Weighted-average/m-p/249527#M46953 sarahknuth 2016-02-11T19:59:00Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Weighted-average/m-p/249531#M46955 <P>Look at PROC MEANS and the WEIGHT statement.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>In certain cases you may want PROC SURVEYMEANS depending on how complex your weighting is and if you need the standard deviations.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:23:52 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Weighted-average/m-p/249531#M46955 Reeza 2016-02-11T20:23:52Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Weighted-average/m-p/249649#M46984 <P>For an example and explanation, see the article <A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2016/01/06/weighted-mean-in-sas.html" target="_self">"Compute a weighted mean in SAS."</A></P> Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:03:03 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Weighted-average/m-p/249649#M46984 Rick_SAS 2016-02-12T13:03:03Z