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A00-280 · Question #37

Given the following data at WORK.DEMO: PTID Sex Age Height Weight 457892 M 14 69.0 112.5 464289 F 13 66.0 84.0 479004 F 15 65.0 99.0 483476 F 14 62.0 102.5 493067 M 14 63.0 102.0 500029 M 12 60.5…

The correct answer is B. proc print data=WORK.DEMO (obs=5); where Sex='M'; run. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Given the following data at WORK.DEMO: PTID Sex Age Height Weight 457892 M 14 69.0 112.5 464289 F 13 66.0 84.0 479004 F 15 65.0 99.0 483476 F 14 62.0 102.5 493067 M 14 63.0 102.0 500029 M 12 60.5 93.0 513842 F 12 59.8 84.5 515281 F 14 65.5 112.0 522396 M 13 62.5 94.0 534787 M 12 59.0 99.5 541235 F 13 64.3 88.0 546823 F 14 64.3 90.0 556679 F 12 56.1 77.0 560889 F 15 64.5 111.0 578222 M 16 72.0 150.0 635445 M 12 64.8 128.0 Which SAS program prints only the first 5 males in this order from the data set?

Options

  • Aproc sort data=WORK.DEMO out=out; By sex; run; proc print data= out (obs=5); run;
  • Bproc print data=WORK.DEMO (obs=5); where Sex='M'; run;
  • Cproc print data=WORK.DEMO (where=(sex='M')); where obs<=5; run;
  • Dproc sort data=WORK.DEMO out=out; by sex descending; run; proc print data= out (obs=5); run;

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