Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:49:39 -0500
Reply-To: "Huang, JS" <Huang.JS@PRINCIPAL.COM>
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From: "Huang, JS" <Huang.JS@PRINCIPAL.COM>
Subject: Re: Quintiles
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I can think of two reasons that the group sizes are different:
(1) Your observation count is not a multiple of 5.
(2) There are ties in the ranking, you need decide on your own how to split them into different groups if needed.
Here is an example for (2) above:
international
airline Rank for
travel Variable
Row DATE (thousands) AIR
ャャャャャャャャャャャャャャャャャャャ
1 NOV49 104 1
2 JAN49 112 2
3 JAN50 115 3
4 DEC49 118 4.5
5 FEB49 118 4.5
6 OCT49 119 6
7 MAY49 121 7
8 FEB50 126 8
9 APR49 129 9
10 MAR49 132 10
11 JUN49 135 11.5
12 APR50 135 11.5
13 SEP49 136 13
14 MAR50 141 14
15 JUL49 148 15.5
16 AUG49 148 15.5
If the data is to be split evenly into four groups with four observations in each group, you need to decide which of the two observations with rank 4.5 to go to the first and the second group.
-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of mcolowasth@YAHOO.CO.UK
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:58 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Quintiles
I am using proc rank to divide my sample based on quintiles of variable x but the groups created are not equal. Any suggestions on how to create equally sized groups?
Thanks
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