The default length of numeric variables in SAS data sets is 8 bytes. (You can control the length of SAS numeric variables with the LENGTH statement in the DATA step.) The issue of numeric precision ...

Statistics can be defined as the summary or analysis of numerical data. Statistics are factual. They are dry, objective outcomes of applying mathematical tools to a set of data.

5.2 Recode a Text Column to a Dummy A “dummy” or “indicator” variable takes on a value of either 0 or 1. The appeal of these particular values is that they are numerical and can be used with routines ...

Statistics can be defined as the summary or analysis of numerical data. Statistics are factual. They are dry, objective outcomes of applying mathematical tools to a set of data.