The FREQTAB Procedure

Syntax: FREQTAB Procedure

The following statements are available in the FREQTAB procedure:

  • PROC FREQTAB <options> ;

  • BY variables;

  • EXACT statistic-options </ computation-options> ;

  • OUTPUT <OUT=SAS-data-set> output-options;

  • TABLES requests </ options> ;

  • TEST options;

  • WEIGHT variable </ option> ;

The PROC FREQTAB statement is the only required statement for the FREQTAB procedure. If you specify the following statements, PROC FREQTAB produces a one-way frequency table for each variable in the most recently created data set.

proc freqtab;
run;

Table 5.2 summarizes the basic functions of the procedure statements. The following sections provide detailed syntax information for the BY, EXACT, OUTPUT, TABLES, TEST, and WEIGHT statements in alphabetical order after the description of the PROC FREQTAB statement.

Table 5.2: Summary of PROC FREQTAB Statements

Statement

Description

BY

Provides separate analyses for each BY group

EXACT

Requests exact tests

OUTPUT

Requests an output data set of statistics

TABLES

Specifies tables and requests analyses

TEST

Requests tests for measures of association and agreement

WEIGHT

Identifies a weight variable


Last updated: December 21, 2018