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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Q1

The SAS data set named COMPANY.PRICES is listed below:

COMPANY.PRICES

prodid price producttype sales returns

K12S 5.10 NETWORK 15 2
B132S 2.34 HARDWARE 300 10
R18KY2 1.29 SOFTWARE 25 5
3KL8BY 6.37 HARDWARE 125 15
DY65DW 5.60 HARDWARE 45 5
DGTY23 4.55 HARDWARE 67 2

The following SAS program is submitted:

libname company 'SAS-data-library';
data hware inter soft;
set company.prices (keep = producttype price);
if price le 5.00;
if producttype = 'HARDWARE' then output HWARE;
else if producttype = 'NETWORK' then output INTER;
else if producttype = 'SOFTWARE' then output SOFT;
run;

How many observations does the HWARE data set contain?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6

10 comments:

SASGuru said...

Answer: B

The if price le 5.00; limits the obs to the below obs out of which HARDWARE has two obs.
B132S 2.34 HARDWARE 300 10
R18KY2 1.29 SOFTWARE 25 5
DGTY23 4.55 HARDWARE 67 2

Rujuta........ said...

B. 2

siva said...

Answer B

smita said...

Answer is 2

Ryan Lo said...

Answer is B.

Filtering by subsetting IF statement (if price le 5.00;)

Resulting only 3 obs (as following) to compare whether PRODUCTTYPE equal to 'HARDWARE' or not.

B132S 2.34 HARDWARE 300 10
R18KY2 1.29 SOFTWARE 25 5
DGTY23 4.55 HARDWARE 67 2

Unknown said...

B

nedved said...

b

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ganesh said...

B

gaurav said...

b

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