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To use a SUMBY statement, you must use a BY statement. The SUMBY and BY variables must be in the same relative order in both statements, for example:
by a b c; sumby a b;
This SUMBY statement produces tables that consolidate over values of C within levels of B and over values of B within levels of A. Suppose A has values 1,2; B has values 1,2; and C has values 1,2,3. Table 9.1 indicates the consolidation tables produced by the SUMBY statement.
SUMBY Consolidations | Consolidated BY Groups | ||
A=1,B=1 | C=1 | C=2 | C=3 |
A=1,B=2 | C=1 | C=2 | C=3 |
A=1 | B=1,C=1 | B=1,C=2 | B=1,C=3 |
B=2,C=1 | B=2,C=2 | B=2,C=3 | |
A=2,B=1 | C=1 | C=2 | C=3 |
A=2,B=2 | C=1 | C=2 | C=3 |
A=2 | B=1,C=1 | B=1,C=2 | B=1,C=3 |
B=2,C=1 | B=2,C=2 | B=2,C=3 |
Two consolidation tables for B are produced for each value of A. The first table consolidates the three tables produced for the values of C while B is 1; the second table consolidates the three tables produced for C while B is 2.
Tables are similarly produced for values of A. Nested consolidation tables are produced for B (as described previously) for each value of A. Thus, this SUMBY statement produces a total of six consolidation tables in addition to the tables produced for each BY group.
To produce a table that consolidates the entire data set (the equivalent of using PROC COMPUTAB with neither BY nor SUMBY statements), use the special name _TOTAL_ as the first entry in the SUMBY variable list, for example,
sumby _total_ a b;
PROC COMPUTAB then produces consolidation tables for SUMBY variables as well as a consolidation table for all observations.
To produce only consolidation tables, use the SUMONLY option in the PROC COMPUTAB statement.
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