Folks,
I notice in my dataset that there appears to be a few outliers which in turn can throw out headline figures. They appear to be related to keying errors.
What I would like to do is include in my datastep an if statment that will mark an outlier with a Y if it 3 times higher than the average level of turnover in that sector.
It would be something simple like this;
data i;
set m;
if NET_OPERATING_INCOME_1*(3)>mean_operating_income then outlier='Y';run;
However, what this does is actually just multiply the variable net_operating_income *3 whereas I just want SAS to mark the observation with a Y anytime a value in net_operating_income_1 is 3 times larger then mean_operating_income.
Any input would be most welcome.
KInd regards,
Sean