/* Monte Carlo study of two independent samples from two Normal populations */ /* Macro Variables used to initialize the simulation */ libname midterm 'c:\Stat6250mt'; * Group 1; %let n1 = 78; %let mean1 = 56; %let stdev1 = 3; %let dist1 ='NORMAL'; * Group 2; %let n2 = 147; %let mean2 = 72; %let stdev2 = 2.5; %let dist2 = 'NORMAL'; data midterm.data01; do i=1 to &n1; drop i; y = rand(&dist1, &mean1, &stdev1); samp = 'A'; output midterm.data01; end; run; data midterm.data02; do i=1 to &n2; drop i; y = rand(&dist2, &mean2, &stdev2); samp = 'B'; output midterm.data02; end; run; * merge the data into one dataset with the same variables; data midterm.alldata02; set midterm.data01 midterm.data02; run; proc print data=midterm.alldata02; run; proc univariate data=midterm.alldata02; by samp; run; proc boxplot data=midterm.alldata02; plot y*samp / boxstyle=schematic boxwidth=15; run; proc ttest data=midterm.alldata02; class samp; var y; run;