topic Re: proc means output confidence limits in Statistical Procedures

proc means output confidence limits

tellmeaboutityo — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:17:37 GMT

This seems silly, but I'm having an issue that I'm not sure what I'm doing incorrectly. Code:

proc means data= data mean lclm uclm alpha=.05;
by measure;
var score;
output out= data2 mean=avg lclm=lcl uclm=ucl;
run;

What happens is I get the correct means and confidence limits on the printed output. However, the output data set contains whole numbers for both the mean and confidence limits, which is clearly incorrect. I want the output data set so I can create a chart.

Suggestions?

Re: proc means output confidence limits

PaigeMiller — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:18:51 GMT

Change the format on variable SCORE to allow for decimals.

Re: proc means output confidence limits

tellmeaboutityo — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:28:38 GMT

Perfect, thank you!

data data2; set data;
format score 5.2;
run;

proc means data= data2mean lclm uclm alpha=.05;
by measure;
var score;
output out= data 3 mean=avg lclm=lcl uclm=ucl;
run;

Re: proc means output confidence limits

data_null__ — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:54:22 GMT