Which statement accurately describes how to create a permanent dataset in SAS?

Creating a permanent dataset in SAS involves storing it in a specific library that exists beyond the duration of the SAS session. The correct approach is to specify a library name other than WORK in the DATA statement. The WORK library is temporary; any datasets stored there are deleted once the SAS session ends. On the contrary, when you specify a different library that has been defined and is allocated to a physical location (like a folder on your computer or a database), the dataset created will remain accessible across different SAS sessions. This ensures data persistence, allowing for future access and analysis without the need to recreate or reimport the dataset.

Using techniques like PROC SQL to create datasets or exporting datasets as CSV files may pertain to specific operations within SAS, but they do not inherently dictate the permanence of the datasets as specifying a library other than WORK does.