Programming Assignment 1

CSC 323 Data Analysis and Statistical Software

Due: 1/29/98.

The salary link contains data that represents the starting salaries of a sample of recent computer science graduates (1994) of an unnamed school. These data were collected by a statistician who was interested in determining if graduates of the program were getting competitive offers.

1. Write a SAS program to analyze these data. Your program should accomplish the following:
   • Read your data from an external file.
   • Execute the PRINT and MEANS procedures.
   • For PROC PRINT, be sure to use a label for your column heading. Use names that are meaningful. You should generate an appropriate title for your output (see guide 1 and guide 2 for example code).
2. Write a short analysis (no more than one page) of your output. Your analysis should address the following:
   • Estimate the mean and standard deviation for all 1994 computer science graduates.
   • Estimate the following (assume normality):
     1. The proportion of all 1994 computer science graduates that get starting salaries greater than $45000.
     2. The salary that represents the 90th percentile for all 1994 computer science graduates.
   • The starting salary of a typical 1994 graduate from a rival school is $30,000. Compared to the rival, is this program competitive?. Explain your answer.