The GEE Procedure

PROC GEE Statement

  • PROC GEE <options>;

The PROC GEE statement invokes the GEE procedure. Table 43.1 summarizes the options available in the PROC GEE statement.

Table 43.1: PROC GEE Statement Options

Option

Description

DATA=

Specifies the input data set

DESCENDING

Sorts the response variable in the reverse of the default order

NAMELEN=

Specifies the length of effect names

ORDER=

Specifies the sort order of CLASS variable

PLOTS

Controls the plots that are produced through ODS Graphics


You can specify the following options.

DATA=SAS-data-set

specifies the SAS data set that contains the data to be analyzed. If you omit the DATA= option, PROC GEE uses the most recently created SAS data set.

DESCENDING
DESCEND
DESC

requests that the levels of the response variable for the binomial model that uses a single-variable response syntax be sorted in the reverse of the default order.

NAMELEN=number

specifies the length to which long effect names are shortened. The default and minimum value is 20.

PLOTS <= plot-request >

controls the plots produced through ODS Graphics. For example: 

proc gee plots=histogram;
   model y=x1;
run;

For more information about enabling and disabling ODS Graphics, see the section Enabling and Disabling ODS Graphics in Chapter 21: Statistical Graphics Using ODS.

You can specify the following plot-requests:

ALL

requests that all default plots be produced.

HISTOGRAM

creates a histogram for the predicted weights from the missingness model.

NONE

suppresses all plots.