Question

Which statement is true concerning the MEANS procedure?

a. The VAR statement is required and identifies the analysis columns.
b. The WAYS statement specifies the number of ways to make unique combinations of class columns.
c. The MAXDEC= option is used in the VAR statement to specify the number of decimal places for the statistics.
d. The _COUNT_ and _FREQ_ columns are automatically included in the output summary table that is produced by the OUT= option of the OUTPUT statement.

Answer 1

The correct statement about the MEANS procedure is that the MAXDEC= option is used in the VAR statement to specify the number of decimal places for the statistics.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that is true concerning the MEANS procedure is option c. The MAXDEC= option is used in the VAR statement to specify the number of decimal places for the statistics. The MEANS procedure in statistical software, such as SAS, is commonly used to compute basic descriptive statistics such as the mean, median, count, and standard deviation of data. While the VAR statement is commonly used, it is not strictly required as the procedure can default to using all numeric variables if VAR is not specified. The WAYS statement actually specifies the number of class variables to consider in analysis and not unique combinations. Lastly, the OUT= option of the OUTPUT statement does not automatically include the _COUNT_ and _FREQ_ columns, but they can be specified if desired.