topic Re: 20th percentile in PROC SUMMARY? in SAS Procedures

20th percentile in PROC SUMMARY?

redrover99 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:32:39 GMT

Hi guys

Just wondering whats the term to receive 20th percentile in proc summary? Q1 =25% and Q3=50%, but what is the term for 20th percentile?

I typically use:

PROC SUMMARY PRINT N MEAN STD MEDIAN Min Max MEDIAN Q1 Q3;

VAR x x1 x2 x3; run;

Re: 20th percentile in PROC SUMMARY?

Keith — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:22:25 GMT

The only percentiles available in Proc Summary are 1,5,10,25,50,75,90,95,99. To get other percentiles, you need Proc Univariate, use the PCTLPTS option within the OUTPUT statement.

Re: 20th percentile in PROC SUMMARY?

TomKari — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:17:57 GMT

Good news!

As of SAS 9.3, all of the "mod 10" percentiles have been added to PROC MEANS and SUMMARY!

For 20th percentile, use P20.

Tom