Could I get some help on how to create centered values of variables in a dataset? In the attached example I'd like to calculate the grand mean for score1 and score2 and then subtract each value of score1 and score2 from their corresponding grand mean. I need to do this on a grand scale for many variables so I suppose it's an exercise in how to merge the raw data with the grand means of each variable. Or, is there a statistical procedure that can do it?
Thanks!!
There's a proc for that :-), Look up proc standardize and stdize
Edit: in your case you want stdize with method= mean.
This can be easily done using double do-loops. No procedure is needed. It is just adding the values of the variable with simultaneous count in the first do-loop and finding the deviations
from the mean in the second do-loop.
I am unable to read your attached data set because of version difference. If you are interested, show a sample data in a readable form like datalines.
Best of luck.
Muthia Kachirayan
There's a proc for that :-), Look up proc standardize and stdize
Edit: in your case you want stdize with method= mean.
Thank you Reeza, saved me a lot of time!
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