The TARGET statement names the variable whose values PROC HPSPLIT tries to predict. Missing values in the target are ignored except during scoring.
You can specify the following options:
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LEVEL=INT | NOM
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specifies whether the specified target variable is interval or nominal.
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INT
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treats the target as an interval variable and creates a regression tree.
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NOM
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treats the target as a nominal variable and creates a decision tree.
By default, PROC HPSPLIT creates a decision tree (nominal target).
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ORDER=ordering
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ensures that the target values are levelized in the specified order. You can specify one of the following values for ordering:
- ASC | ASCENDING
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levelizes target values in ascending order.
- DESC | DESCENDING
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levelizes target values in descending order. This is the default.
- FMTASC | ASCFORMATTED
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levelizes target values in ascending order of the formatted value.
- FMTDESC | DESFORMATTED
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levelizes target values in descending order of the formatted value.
