General Approach to Creating Tables

First it is worth taking the time to look at the conceptual framework behind creating statistical tables in SAS programming. Creating tables in a SAS program is a multiple-step process that remains independent of the SAS tools employed. These conceptual steps are as follows  

1 Get data This step involves pulling the data to be used into SAS. It often requires merging treatment or study population data with analysis data sets or some other data to be summarized/listed. 

2 Manipulate data On occasion the data being pulled into SAS for summarization and presentation are not ready for that purpose. In such cases, you may need to manipulate or create additional variables within the SAS program. Keep in mind that it is almost always better to create derived variables prior to this step in analysis data sets programming. 

3 Create table statistics This step involves calculating statistics for the tables that require summary or inferential statistics. Chapter 7 covers this step in greater detail. 

4 Present output This step involves presentation of the summarized data. There is a wealth of options available here for the statistical programmer. 

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