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ariel_fj
Fluorite | Level 6

As required, I need to report the statistics to two decimal places. Here is part of my code:

"

proc means data=college maxdec=2 noprint;

by gender schoolsize;

format gender $gender. schoolsize $size.;

var classrank GPA;

output out=by_data

    mean=mean_classrank mean_GPA

  median=median_classrank median_GPA

  min=min_classrank min_GPA

  max=max_classrank max_GPA

  nmiss=nmiss_classrank nmiss_GPA

  n=n_classrank n_GPA;

run;

"

Here is the part of the list:

"

Statistics Broken Down by Gender and Schoolsize                                                                   

                                                        m
                                                        e                                        n
                                   m                    d                                        m
                                   e                    i               m             m          i
                                   a                    a               i             a          s
                                   n                    n               n             x          s          n
             S                     _                    _       m       _             _          _          _
             c                     c                    c       e       c             c          c    n     c
             h                     l          m         l       d       l             l          l    m     l
             o                     a          e         a       i       a      m      a     m    a    i     a
  G          o       _     _       s          a         s       a       s      i      s     a    s    s     s
  e          l       T     F       s          n         s       n       s      n      s     x    s    s     s     n
  n          S       Y     R       r          _         r       _       r      _      r     _    r    _     r     _
  d          i       P     E       a          G         a       G       a      G      a     G    a    G     a     G
  e          z       E     Q       n          P         n       P       n      P      n     P    n    P     n     P
  r          e       _     _       k          A         k       A       k      A      k     A    k    A     k     A

Female    Missing    0     1    60.0000    4.00000    60.0    4.000    60    4.00     60    4    0    0     1     1
Female    Large      0    10    70.0000    3.59111    66.5    3.610    49    3.18     91    4    2    1     8     9
Female    Medium     0    23    67.9545    3.60810    68.0    3.790    42    2.65     99    4    1    2    22    21
Female    Small      0    26    75.9524    3.42400    79.0    3.460    45    2.29     99    4    5    1    21    25
Male      Missing    0     3    67.6667    4.00000    72.0    4.000    46    4.00     85    4    0    1     3     2
Male      Large      0     8    76.0000    3.63286    73.0    3.740    45    2.98     98    4    1    1     7     7
Male      Medium     0    18    71.8125    3.46167    73.0    3.585    43    2.36    100    4    2    0    16    18
Male      Small      0    11    71.7000    3.32273    73.5    3.170    41    2.63     93    4    1    0    10    11"

It seems that the MAXDEC did not work here. What's wrong? How can I control the decimal places in this report?

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Ksharp
Super User

Yes.maxdec only is used for display output, not dataset of output.

You need to format the variables in dataset by yourself. Like:

data class;

set sashelp.class;

format _numeric_ best10.2;

run;

Ksharp

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Ksharp
Super User

Yes.maxdec only is used for display output, not dataset of output.

You need to format the variables in dataset by yourself. Like:

data class;

set sashelp.class;

format _numeric_ best10.2;

run;

Ksharp

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