Hello, i am having trouble figuring out how to pull out a specific variable to run my scatterplot for. I have to run the code for the entire data set, and then two variables. Do I need to use a weighted statement or a freq statement? i've used both but i'm not sure if i'm on the right track.   This is the code i used for my original data set: proc corr data=dmft  plots=(scatter);  Var industrial sugar dmft;  Title 'correlation of sugar and decaying teeth in industrial and nonindustrial countries';  run;   I then need to run the code specifically for the industrial variable and nonindustrial variable but they are put in the code as if industrial=2 then industrial=0. is there a link to more information on this somewhere?   ... View more

I keep receiving the error:  Proc means data= bmi_smoke mean stddev; 89 class BMI; 90 by sex; 91 Run;   ERROR: Data set WORK.BMI_SMOKE is not sorted in ascending sequence. The current BY group has sex = 2 and the next BY group has sex = 1.     i'm just trying to figure out how to get the mean and standard deviation of the BMI by sex.   any ideas?  ... View more