Sashelp Data Sets

Exhaust Emissions Data

The Sashelp.Gas data set contains data from an experiment about gasoline engine exhaust emissions (Brinkman 1981). Nitrogen oxide emissions from a single-cylinder engine are measured for various combinations of fuel, compression ratio, and equivalence ratio. This data set is used to illustrate how to fit models by using nonlinearly transformed data. The following steps display information about the Sashelp.Gas data set and create Figure B.11:

title 'Exhaust Emissions Data';
proc contents data=sashelp.Gas varnum;
   ods select position;
run;

title 'The First Five Observations Out of 171';
proc print data=sashelp.Gas(obs=5);
run;

title 'The Fuel Type Variable';
proc freq data=sashelp.Gas;
   tables fuel;
run;

Figure B.11: Exhaust Emissions Data

Exhaust Emissions Data

Variables in Creation Order
#VariableTypeLenLabel
1FuelChar8 
2CpRatioNum8Compression Ratio
3EqRatioNum8Equivalence Ratio
4NOxNum8Nitrogen Oxide

The First Five Observations Out of 171

ObsFuelCpRatioEqRatioNOx
1Ethanol120.9073.741
2Ethanol120.7612.295
3Ethanol121.1081.498
4Ethanol121.0162.881
5Ethanol121.1890.760

The Fuel Type Variable

FuelFrequency PercentCumulative
Frequency
Cumulative
Percent
82rongas95.2695.26
94%Eth2514.623419.88
Ethanol9052.6312472.51
Gasohol137.6013780.12
Indolene2212.8715992.98
Methanol127.02171100.00