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rizzam
Calcite | Level 5

Is there a procedure in SAS that calculates the CV for categorical data?

I mean code for SAS calculating CV

 

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SteveDenham
Jade | Level 19

Please explain what you are looking for with a short example.  Off the top of my head, I don't think a CV is meaningful for a categorical variable.  It is for various categories that comprise a continuous variable.

 

SteveDenham

Ksharp
Super User
CV for categorical variable ? I never heard that.
Maybe @Rick_SAS could have some clue .
Watts
SAS Employee

PROC SURVEYFREQ provides CVs of proportions (percentages) for categorical data. Some documentation is here: the CV option and Coefficient of Variation

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