Proc univariate to calculate the percentile across observations

[Tanguy]

Dear SAS users,

I am struggling a bit on calculating  the percentiles across observations using a proc univariate.

My dataset is as follows:

           V1   v2   v3 PercentileV1 Percentile V2 Percentile V3

Bank1

Bank2

I need to created the variables Percentilve V1, V2 and V3 for a defined population of banks.

Does anyone has used the proc univariate to do this?

In advance, thanks a lot,

Best regards,

[Rick_SAS]

For data in wide form (each bank in its own variable), the article "Output percentiles of multiple variables in a tabular format" contains your answer. It shows how to use PROC MEANS (near top) and PROC UNIVARIATE (scroll down).

For data in long for (banks identified by the value of a categorical variable), you can use the CLASS statement as follows:

proc means data=sashelp.class p25 p50 p75;;
class sex;
var height;
run;

[Tanguy]

Dear,
That is interesting indeed, thanks a lot!
Actually the value of the PercentileV1, V2, V3 should be the interval where the bank stands e.g. Bank1 stands between 56th and 57th percentile.
Do you have any idea how to tackle this?

[user24feb]

You could search for the pctlpts-option: http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/procstat/63104/HTML/default/viewer.htm#procstat_univaria...

And I think the result should bel like this:

Data A;
  Do ID='BANK1','BANK2','BANK3';
    Do j=0 To 100;
	  Output;
    End;
  End;
Run;

Proc Univariate Data=A NoPrint;
  Var j;
  By ID;
  Output Out=Result PctlPre=PERC_ PctlPts=30, 70 to 85 by 5; 
Run;

[Tanguy]

Dear,
That is interesting indeed, thanks a lot!
Actually the value of the PercentileV1, V2, V3 should be the interval where the bank stands e.g. Bank1 stands between 56th and 57th percentile.
I was not very clear in my question.
Do you have any idea how to tackle this?

[user24feb · Accepted solution]

Data A;
  Length ID $10.;
  Do i=1 To 1000;
    ID=Catt('Bank_',Put(i,Z4.));
	Value=Int(Ranuni(1)*1000);
	Output;
  End;
  Drop i;
Run;

Proc Univariate Data=A NoPrint;
  Var Value;
  Output Out=Result PctlPre=PERC_ PctlPts=1 to 100 by 1; 
Run;

Data B (Keep=ID Value Info);
  Length Info $20.;
  Set A;
  If _N_ eq 1 Then Do;
    Set Result;
  End;
  Array P Perc_:;
  Do i=1 To Dim(P);
    If Missing (Info) & Value lt P[i] Then Info=VName(P[i]);
  End;
Run;

* .. only to check;
Proc Sort Data=B;
  By Value;
Run;

[Tanguy]

That is absolutely great, thank you!