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RandyStan
Fluorite | Level 6
Dear All I want to construct equal width binning for at least 10 variables. So for each variable I calculate the MIN and the MAX and then to find the equal widths (EW) I do (Max - Min)/10. To create the bins (I do not have Proc HPBIN) can I do the following Proc format ; value Bins MIN LE Var_A < (EW+ MIN) = '1' (EW+ MIN) LE VAR_A < (2*(EW) + MIN) = '2' ; and so on. If not, is there a better way to construct equal width bins? Randy
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Norman21
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Some methods are given here:

 

https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2019/08/07/essential-guide-binning-sas.html

Norman.
SAS 9.4 (TS1M6) X64_10PRO WIN 10.0.17763 Workstation

ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

You method does not guarantee equal populations. proc rank is the most used method for your purpose.

Ksharp
Super User

Here some code could help.

 

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