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ssulli11
Calcite | Level 5

I am trying to perform a chi-square test on a categorical variable with more that two responses.

 

For example Variable Age has three responses:

0: 18-29

1: 30-39

2: 40-49

 

I just want to perform the Chi-square for only the 30-39 age group between my two cohorts. I am sure there is a simple code for this, but I as of yet have been unable to find it.

 

Thank you for all your help!

 

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

You can restrict testing to a subset of your data with a WHERE statement. Example:

 

proc freq data=myData;

where age = 1;

.... some test ...

run;

PG
ssulli11
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you for your response!

 

Yes, this is how I originally thought to complete this as well.  However, the results are only giving me the table, not the chi-quare results with this code.

 

proc freq data = have;
where age2 = 1;
tables overlap2*age2 / chisq nocol nopercent;
run;

Rick_SAS
SAS Super FREQ

Remove the age2 variable from the TABLES statement:

 

proc freq data = have;
where age2 = 1;
tables overlap2 / chisq nocol nopercent;
run;

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