Quintiles!

[deleted_user]

Hi everybody,
-I want to get my sample divided into 5 quintiles based on the variable "v1".
Can you help me in this?
Cheers, Malek

[data_null__ · Accepted solution]

proc rank data=sashelp.class out=quintiles groups=5;
 var weight;
 ranks q;
run;
proc print;
run;

What if I needed to trim for the outliers (1%) before ranking for the quintiles? 

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@Paige answered: Proc Rank or Proc Univariate can inform you which data points are in the top or bottom 1%.

See more discussion about Winsorization and trimmed means in this blog post.

[deleted_user]

Thanks this was helpful!
What if I needed to trim for the outliers (1%) before ranking for the quintiles?

[Paige]

Proc Rank or Proc Univariate can inform you which data points are in the top or bottom 1%.