The SAS data set BANKS is listed below:
BANKS -
name rate
FirstCapital 0.0718 -
DirectBank 0.0721 -
VirtualDirect 0.0728 -
The following SAS program is submitted:
data newbank;
do year = 1 to 3;
set banks;
capital + 5000;
end;
run;
Which one of the following represents how many observations and variables will exist in the SAS data set NEWBANK?
The SAS program reads the BANKS data set with the SET statement and processes each observation within a DO loop that iterates three times, but the resulting data set NEWBANK will contain only one observation (since there is no OUTPUT statement inside the DO loop). The variables in the NEWBANK data set will be: 'name', 'rate', 'year', and 'capital', totaling 4 variables. Thus, the correct answer is 1 observation and 4 variables.
There is no Output statement thus it will always return 1 observation. Regarding variable 2 from table in set statement , year and capital = 4 variables. Answer B is right
this question is confusing. it seems there are 9 observations and 3 variables.
yes. the choice is B.