Instructions

Each year, Forbes magazine publishes a list of the world's 100 biggest companies. Each company receives a score using four metrics: sales, profits, assets, and market value. The final overall ranking is based on a composite score of these metrics. The SAS data set called BIGCOMP includes variables for ranking, company name, and these four metrics.

1. Examine this SAS data set including the variable labels and attributes. Use a procedure to calculate the mean, standard deviation, median, minimum, maximum, and sample size of assets for United States versus non-United States companies.
2. Use a different procedure to calculate the same statistics as in part a).
3. Create a header comment at the top of your program with your name, the date, the assignment name (GPA9), and the filename (YourLastName.GPA9.sas)
4. Add appropriate comments as necessary to your SAS file, including a header comment.