The PROC STDIZE statement invokes the STDIZE procedure. You can specify the following options in the PROC STDIZE statement. Table 94.1 summarizes the options available in the PROC STDIZE statement.
Table 94.1: Summary of PROC STDIZE Statement Options
Option |
Description |
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Specify standardization methods |
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Specifies the name of the standardization method |
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Specifies the method for computing initial estimates for the A estimates |
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Unstandardize variables |
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Unstandardizes variables when you also specify the METHOD=IN option |
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Process missing values |
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Omits observations with any missing values from computation |
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Specifies the method or a numeric value for replacing missing values |
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Replaces missing data with zero in the standardized data |
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Replaces missing data with the location measure (does not standardize the data) |
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Specify data set details |
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Specifies the input data set |
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Specifies that output variables inherit the length of the analysis variable |
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Specifies the output data set |
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Specifies that original variables appear in the OUT= data set |
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Specifies a prefix for the standardized variable names |
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Specifies the output statistic data set |
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Specify computational settings |
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Specifies the variances divisor |
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Specifies the number of markers when you also specify PCTLMTD=ONEPASS |
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Specifies the constant to multiply each value by after standardizing |
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Specifies the constant to add to each value after standardizing and multiplying by the value specified in the MULT= option |
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Specifies the relative fuzz factor for writing the output |
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Specify percentiles |
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Specifies the definition of percentiles when you also specify the PCTLMTD=ORD_STAT option |
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Specifies the method used to estimate percentiles |
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Writes observations containing percentiles to the data set specified in the OUTSTAT= option |
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Normalize scale estimators |
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Normalizes the scale estimator to be consistent for the standard deviation of a normal distribution |
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Normalizes the scale estimator to have an expectation of approximately 1 for a standard normal distribution |
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Specify output |
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Displays the location and scale measures |
These options and their abbreviations are described (in alphabetical order) in the remainder of this section.