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Task [1-4]


The first task is to get a basic overview of the data and conduct a preliminary data quality assessment.

Copy the online_retail data set into your shared folder.

Run a libname statement to access the online_retail data set on your SAS Studio:
libname a '/folders/myfolders';

The LIBNAME statement creates a new library called A that contains the online_retail data set:
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A Proc Contents procedure can be run to get a basic understanding of the data set.

Run the code below on your SAS Studio:
proc contents data=a.online_retail;
run;

The CONTENTS procedure displays the descriptor portion of the data set.

​We now know that there are 370931 observations in this data set.
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The data set also contains eight variables:
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You can also open the data set and get an idea the data being captured:
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