Creating a dataset

[michaelm90]

Hello, I was given this question:  

(dataset: SASHELP.BWEIGHT) Create a dataset including first 2,000 observations only in SASHELP.BWEIGHT and report the p-value of testing if two variables MomSmoke and VISIT are independent. Note that you should determine if Chi-sq test is valid or not. Up to four decimal places, please. (Hint: use PROC FREQ) 

I understand how to calculate the p-value if the two variables are independent, I am just confused on making a new dataset including the first 2,000 observations of sashelp.bweight. 

[Reeza]

data want;
set have (obs=2000);

Use the OBS= Dataset option.

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=ledsoptsref&docsetTarget=p0h5nwbig8mobbn1u0dwtdo0c0a0.htm&do...

The first SAS e-course is free and covers a lot of the questions you've been asking. It may be worth taking sometime to go over the course materials.

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@michaelm90 wrote:

Hello, I was given this question:  

(dataset: SASHELP.BWEIGHT) Create a dataset including first 2,000 observations only in SASHELP.BWEIGHT and report the p-value of testing if two variables MomSmoke and VISIT are independent. Note that you should determine if Chi-sq test is valid or not. Up to four decimal places, please. (Hint: use PROC FREQ) 

I understand how to calculate the p-value if the two variables are independent, I am just confused on making a new dataset including the first 2,000 observations of sashelp.bweight. 

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