Question

Which statement is false concerning the FREQ procedure?

a. The NOPROCTITLE option can be placed in the PROC FREQ statement to remove the procedure title The FREQ Procedure.
b. The ORDER=FREQ option can be placed in the PROC FREQ statement to display the column values in descending frequency count order.
c. The PLOTS= option can be placed in the TABLES statement after the forward slash to create bar charts based on counts or percentages.
d. The OUT= option can be placed in the TABLES statement after the forward slash to create a table containing counts and percentages.

Answer 1

The false statement concerning the FREQ procedure is that the OUT= option can be placed in the TABLES statement to create a table with counts and percentages; it should be in the PROC FREQ statement instead.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that is false concerning the FREQ procedure is option d: The OUT= option can be placed in the TABLES statement after the forward slash to create a table containing counts and percentages. In SAS, the OUT= option is not placed in the TABLES statement; rather, it should be placed in the PROC FREQ statement itself to create an output dataset with the frequency counts and percentages.

Correct usage for the other options mentioned would be:

• NOPROCTITLE option can indeed be used in the PROC FREQ statement to remove the default 'The FREQ Procedure' title.
• ORDER=FREQ can be specified in the PROC FREQ statement to order the output by frequency counts.
• The PLOTS= option is used in the PROC FREQ statement and not in the TABLES statement to produce bar charts.