SAS Report Generation & Output 3

Question 1

In PROC REPORT, a spanning header over multiple adjacent columns is created by:

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Enclosing column names in parentheses with a label in the COLUMN statement

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Using the SPAN option in the DEFINE statement

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Using the HEADER= option in the PROC REPORT statement

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Defining an ACROSS variable that spans the columns

Question 2

In PROC TABULATE, the statistic keyword N represents:

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The count of non-missing observations for a variable

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The total sum of all non-missing values

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The number of missing values for a variable

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The arithmetic mean of the values

Question 3

Which ODS destination produces Rich Text Format output that can be opened and edited in Microsoft Word?

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ODS RTF

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ODS WORD

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ODS DOCX

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ODS MSOFFICE

Question 4

The ODS GRAPHICS ON statement in SAS activates which capability?

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ODS Statistical Graphics enabling automatic graphs from analytical procedures

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Traditional SAS/GRAPH procedure output using device drivers

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HTML-only image generation within ODS HTML output

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Interactive chart creation using JavaScript in SAS Studio

Question 5

How are the number of decimal places controlled when displaying numeric values in PROC PRINT or PROC REPORT output?

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Assigning a numeric format such as 8.2 in a FORMAT statement

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Using the DECIMAL= option in the procedure statement

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Using the ROUND= option in the DEFINE statement

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Using the PRECISION= option in the PROC statement

Question 6

In PROC TABULATE, which keyword in the TABLE statement creates an 'All' category row or column that includes totals across all levels of a classification variable?

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ALL

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TOTAL

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SUM

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GRAND

Question 7

A LABEL statement used inside a PROC step (such as PROC PRINT or PROC REPORT) assigns labels that:

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Are temporary and apply only within that procedure's output

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Are permanently stored in the dataset's descriptor portion

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Define axis labels for ODS Statistical Graphics

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Create permanent variable groupings in the PDV