The HPBIN Procedure

TARGET Statement

  • TARGET variable / LEVEL=level ORDER=order ;

The TARGET statement names the variable that PROC HPBIN uses to calculate the weight of evidence and information value. You can specify the following arguments:

LEVEL=level

specifies the level of the target variable. The values of level can be BINARY or NOMINAL. The default is NOMINAL.

ORDER=order

specifies the order of the target variable. The values of order can be ASCENDING or DESCENDING. The default is DESCENDING.