The TRANSREG Procedure

expands each variable to a B-spline basis. You can specify the DEGREE= , KNOTS= , NKNOTS= , and EVENLY= t-options with the BSPLINE expansion. When DEGREE=n (3 by default) with k knots (0 by default), variables are created. In addition, the original variable appears in the OUT= data set before the ID variables. For example, bspline(x) expands x into x_0 x_1 x_2 x_3 and outputs x as well. The x_: variables contain the B-spline basis vectors (which are the same basis vectors that the SPLINE and MSPLINE transformations use internally). The columns of the BSPLINE expansion sum to a column of ones, so an implicit intercept model is fit when the BSPLINE expansion is specified. If you specify the BSPLINE expansion for more than one variable, the model is less than full rank. Variables specified in a BSPLINE expansion must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the sections SPLINE and MSPLINE Transformations and SPLINE, BSPLINE, and PSPLINE Comparisons for more information about B-splines.

expands the variables to a set of coded or "dummy" variables. PROC TRANSREG uses the values of the formatted variables to determine class membership. The specification class(x1 x2) fits a simple main-effects model, class(x1 | x2) fits a main-effects and interactions model, and class(x1|x2|x3|x4@2 x1*x2*x3) fits a model with all main effects, all two-way interactions, and one three-way interaction. Variables specified with the CLASS expansion can be either character or numeric; numeric variables should be discrete. See the section ANOVA Codings for more information about CLASS variables. See the section Model Statement Usage for information about how to use the operators @, *, and | in PROC TRANSREG.

expands the variables for an elliptical response surface regression or for an elliptical ideal point regression. Specify the COORDINATES o-option to output PREFMAP ideal elliptical point model coordinates to the OUT= data set. Each axis of the ellipse (or ellipsoid) is oriented in the same direction as one of the variables. The EPOINT expansion creates a new variable for each original variable. The value of each new variable is the square of each observed value for the corresponding original variable. The regression analysis then uses both sets of variables (original and squared). Variables specified with the EPOINT expansion must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the section Point Models and Example 117.6 for more information about point models.

expands the variables for a circular response surface regression or for a circular ideal point regression. Specify the COORDINATES o-option to output PREFMAP ideal point model coordinates to the OUT= data set. The POINT expansion creates a new variable having a value for each observation that is the sum of squares of all the POINT variables. This new variable is added to the set of variables and is used in the regression analysis. For more information about ideal point regression, see Carroll (1972). Variables specified with the POINT expansion must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the section Point Models and Example 117.6 for more information about point models.

expands each variable to a piecewise polynomial basis. You can specify the DEGREE= , KNOTS= , NKNOTS= , and EVENLY t-options with PSPLINE. When DEGREE=n (3 by default) with k knots (0 by default), variables are created. In addition, the original variable appears in the OUT= data set before the ID variables. For example, pspline(x / nknots=1) expands x into x_1 x_2 x_3 x_4 and outputs x as well. Unlike BSPLINE, an intercept is not implicit in the columns of PSPLINE. Variables specified with the PSPLINE expansion must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the sections SPLINE, BSPLINE, and PSPLINE Comparisons and Using Splines and Knots for more information about splines. Also see Smith (1979) for a good introduction to piecewise polynomial splines.

expands the variables for a quadratic response surface regression or for a quadratic ideal point regression. Specify the COORDINATES o-option to output PREFMAP quadratic ideal point model coordinates to the OUT= data set. For m QPOINT variables, new variables are created containing the squares and crossproducts of the original variables. The regression analysis uses both sets (original and crossed). Variables specified with the QPOINT expansion must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the section Point Models and Example 117.6 for more information about point models.

finds an inverse trigonometric sine transformation. Variables specified in the ARSIN transform must be numeric and in the interval , and they are typically continuous.

exponentiates variables (x is transformed to ). To specify the value of a, use the PARAMETER= t-option. By default, a is the mathematical constant e = 2.718…. Variables specified with the EXP transform must be numeric, and they are typically continuous.

transforms variables to logarithms (x is transformed to ). To specify the base of the logarithm, use the PARAMETER= t-option. The default is a natural logarithm with base e = 2.718…. Variables specified with the LOG transform must be numeric and positive, and they are typically continuous.

finds a logit transformation on the variables. The logit of x is . Unlike other transformations, LOGIT does not have a three-letter abbreviation. Variables specified with the LOGIT transform must be numeric and in the interval (0.0 < x < 1.0), and they are typically continuous.

raises variables to a specified power (x is transformed to ). You must specify the power parameter a by specifying the PARAMETER= t-option following the variables. Here is an example:

power(variable / parameter=number)

You can use POWER for squaring variables (PARAMETER=2), reciprocal transformations (PARAMETER=–1), square roots (PARAMETER=0.5), and so on. Variables specified with the POWER transform must be numeric, and they are typically continuous.

transforms variables to ranks. Ranks are averaged within ties. The smallest input value is assigned the smallest rank. Variables specified in the RANK transform must be numeric.

finds a Box-Cox (1964) transformation of the specified variables. The BOXCOX transformation can be used only with dependent variables. The ALPHA= , CLL= , CONVENIENT , GEOMETRICMEAN , LAMBDA= , and PARAMETER= t-options can be used with the BOXCOX transformation. Variables specified in the BOXCOX transform must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the section Box-Cox Transformations and Example 117.2 for more information about Box-Cox transformations.

is a noniterative penalized B-spline transformation (Eilers and Marx 1996). The PBSPLINE transformation can be used only with independent variables. By default with PBSPLINE, a cubic spline is fit with 100 evenly spaced knots, three evenly spaced exterior knots, and a difference matrix of order three (DEGREE=3 NKNOTS=100 EVENLY=3 PARAMETER=3 ). Variables specified in the PBSPLINE transform must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the section Penalized B-Splines and Example 117.3 for more information about penalized B-splines.

is a noniterative smoothing spline transformation (Reinsch 1967). You can specify the smoothing parameter with either the SM= or the PARAMETER= t-option. The default smoothing parameter is SM=0. The SMOOTH transformation can be used only with independent variables. Variables specified with the SMOOTH transform must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the sections Smoothing Splines and Smoothing Splines Changes and Enhancements for more information about smoothing splines.

finds an optimal linear transformation of each variable. For variables with no missing values, the transformed variable is the same as the original variable. For variables with missing values, the transformed nonmissing values have a different scale and origin than the original values. Variables specified in the LINEAR transform must be numeric. See the section OPSCORE, MONOTONE, UNTIE, and LINEAR Transformations for more information about optimal scaling.

finds a monotonic transformation of each variable, with the restriction that ties are preserved. The Kruskal (1964) secondary least squares monotonic transformation is used. This transformation weakly preserves order and category membership (ties). Variables specified with the MONOTONE transform must be numeric, and they are typically discrete. See the section OPSCORE, MONOTONE, UNTIE, and LINEAR Transformations for more information about optimal scaling.

finds a monotonically increasing B-spline transformation with monotonic coefficients (De Boor 1978; De Leeuw 1986) of each variable. You can specify the DEGREE= , KNOTS= , NKNOTS= , and EVENLY= t-options with MSPLINE. By default, PROC TRANSREG fits a quadratic spline with no knots. Variables specified with the MSPLINE transform must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the section SPLINE and MSPLINE Transformations for more information about monotone splines.

finds an optimal scoring of each variable. The OPSCORE transformation assigns scores to each class (level) of the variable. The Fisher (1938) optimal scoring method is used. Variables specified with the OPSCORE transform can be either character or numeric; numeric variables should be discrete. See the sections Character OPSCORE Variables and OPSCORE, MONOTONE, UNTIE, and LINEAR Transformations for more information about optimal scaling.

finds a B-spline transformation (De Boor 1978) of each variable. By default, PROC TRANSREG fits a cubic spline with no knots. You can specify the DEGREE= , KNOTS= , NKNOTS= , and EVENLY= t-options with SPLINE. Variables specified with the SPLINE transform must be numeric, and they are typically continuous. See the sections SPLINE and MSPLINE Transformations, Specifying the Number of Knots, and SPLINE, BSPLINE, and PSPLINE Comparisons, and Using Splines and Knots for more information about splines.

finds a monotonic transformation of each variable without the restriction that ties are preserved. PROC TRANSREG uses the Kruskal (1964) primary least squares monotonic transformation method. This transformation weakly preserves order but not category membership (it might untie some previously tied values). Variables specified with the UNTIE transform must be numeric, and they are typically discrete. See the section OPSCORE, MONOTONE, UNTIE, and LINEAR Transformations for more information about optimal scaling.

specifies variables that are not changed by the iterations. Typically, the IDENTITY transformation is used with a simple variable list, such as identity(x1-x5). However, you can also specify interaction terms. For example, identity(x1 | x2) creates x1, x2, and the product x1*x2; and identity(x1 | x2 | x3) creates x1, x2, x1*x2, x3, x1*x3, x2*x3, and x1*x2*x3. See the section Model Statement Usage for information about how to use the operators @, *, and | in PROC TRANSREG. Variables specified in the IDENTITY transform must be numeric.

The IDENTITY transformation is used for variables when no transformation and no missing data estimation are desired. However, the REFLECT t-option, the ADDITIVE a-option, and the TSTANDARD= Z, and TSTANDARD=CENTER options can linearly transform all variables, including IDENTITY variables, after the iterations. Observations with missing values in IDENTITY variables are excluded from the analysis, and no optimal scores are computed for missing values in IDENTITY variables.

finds an iterative smoothing spline transformation of each variable. The SSPLINE transformation does not generally minimize squared error. You can specify the smoothing parameter with either the SM= t-option or the PARAMETER= t-option. The default smoothing parameter is SM=0. Variables specified with the SSPLINE transform must be numeric, and they are typically continuous.

matches the variable’s final mean and variance to the mean and variance of the original variable. By default, the mean and variance are based on the transformed values. The ORIGINAL t-option is available for all of the nonoptimal transformations.

specifies the transformation parameter. The PARAMETER= t-option is available for the BOXCOX , EXP , LOG , POWER , SMOOTH , SSPLINE , and PBSPLINE transformations. For BOXCOX , the parameter is the value to add to each value of the variable before a Box-Cox transformation. For EXP, the parameter is the value to be exponentiated; for LOG, the parameter is the base value; and for POWER, the parameter is the power. For SMOOTH and SSPLINE, the parameter is the raw smoothing parameter. (See the SM= option for an alternative way to specify the smoothing parameter.) The default for the PARAMETER= t-option for the BOXCOX transformation is 0 and for the LOG and EXP transformations is e = 2.718…. The default parameter for SMOOTH and SSPLINE is computed from SM=0. For the POWER transformation, you must specify the PARAMETER= t-option; there is no default. For PBSPLINE, the parameter is the order of the difference matrix, which provides some control over the smoothness of the transformation. The default order parameter with PBSPLINE is the maximum of the DEGREE= t-option, and 1. With PBSPLINE, the default is DEGREE=3 and PARAMETER=3, which works well for most problems.

specifies a smoothing parameter in the range 0 to 100, just like PROC GPLOT uses. For example, SM=50 in PROC TRANSREG is equivalent to I=SM50 in the SYMBOL statement with PROC GPLOT. You can specify the SM= t-option only with the SMOOTH and SSPLINE transformations. The smoothness of the function increases as the value of the smoothing parameter increases. By default, SM=0.

specifies the degree of the spline transformation. The degree must be a nonnegative integer. The defaults are DEGREE=3 for SPLINE , PSPLINE , and BSPLINE variables and DEGREE=2 for MSPLINE variables.

The polynomial degree should be a small integer, usually 0, 1, 2, or 3. Larger values are rarely useful. If you have any doubt as to what degree to specify, use the default.

is used with the NKNOTS= t-option to space the knots evenly. The differences between adjacent knots are constant.

If you specify NKNOTS=k and EVENLY, k knots are created at

for . Here is an example:

spline(x / nknots=2 evenly)

When the variable x has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 10, then the two interior knots are 6 and 8. Without the EVENLY t-option, the NKNOTS= t-option places knots at percentiles, so the knots are not evenly spaced. By default for the BSPLINE expansion and the SPLINE and MSPLINE transformations, the smaller exterior knots are all the same and all just a little smaller than the minimum. Similarly, by default, the larger exterior knots are all the same and all just a little larger than the maximum. However, if you specify EVENLY=n, then the n exterior knots are evenly spaced as well. The number of exterior knots must be greater than or equal to the degree. You can specify values larger than the degree when you want to interpolate slightly beyond the range or your data. The exterior knots must be less than the minimum or greater than the maximum; hence the knots across all sets are not precisely equally spaced. For example, with data ranging from 0 to 10, and with EVENLY=3 and NKNOTS=4, the first exterior knots are –4.000000000001, –2.000000000001, and –0.000000000001, the interior knots are 2, 4, 6, and 8, and the second exterior knots are 10.000000000001, 12.000000000001, and 14.000000000001.

With the BSPLINE and PSPLINE expansions and the SPLINE and MSPLINE transformations, evenly spaced knots are not the default. With the PBSPLINE transformation, evenly spaced interior and exterior knots are the default. If you want unevenly spaced knots with PBSPLINE, you must use the KNOTS= t-option.

specifies exterior knots for SPLINE and MSPLINE transformations and BSPLINE expansions. Usually, this t-option is not needed; PROC TRANSREG automatically picks suitable exterior knots. The only time you need to use this option is when you want to ensure that the exact same basis is used for different splines, such as when you apply coefficients from one spline transformation to a variable in a different data set (see the section Scoring Spline Variables).

Specify one or two values. If the minimum EXKNOTS= value is less than the minimum data value, it is used as the exterior knot. If the maximum EXKNOTS= value is greater than the maximum data value, it is used as the exterior knot. Otherwise these values are ignored. When EXKNOTS= is specified with the CENTER or Z t-options, the knots apply to the original variable, not to the centered or standardized variable.

The B-spline transformations and expansions use a knot list consisting of exterior knots (values just smaller than the minimum), the specified (interior) knots, and exterior knots (values just larger than the minimum). You can use the DETAIL a-option to see all of these knots. If you use different exterior knots, you get different but equivalent B-spline bases. You can specify exterior knots in either the KNOTS= or EXKNOTS= t-options; however, for the BSPLINE expansion, the KNOTS= t-option creates extra all-zero basis columns, whereas the EXKNOTS= t-option gives you the correct basis. See the EVENLY= t-option for an alternative way to specify exterior knots.

specifies the interior knots or break points. By default, there are no knots. The first time you specify a value in the knot list, it indicates a discontinuity in the nth (from DEGREE= n) derivative of the transformation function at the value of the knot. The second mention of a value indicates a discontinuity in the (n – 1) derivative of the transformation function at the value of the knot. Knots can be repeated any number of times for decreasing smoothness at the break points, but the values in the knot list can never decrease.

You cannot use the KNOTS= t-option with the NKNOTS= t-option. You should keep the number of knots small (see the section Specifying the Number of Knots).

creates n knots, the first at the th percentile, the second at the th percentile, and so on. Knots are always placed at data values; there is no interpolation. For example, if NKNOTS=3, knots are placed at the 25th percentile, the median, and the 75th percentile. You can use the EVENLY= t-option along with NKNOTS= to get evenly spaced knots. By default, with the BSPLINE and PSPLINE expansions and the SPLINE and MSPLINE transformations, NKNOTS=0. By default, with the PBSPLINE transformation, NKNOTS=100.

The value specified for the NKNOTS= t-option must be .

You cannot use the NKNOTS= t-option with the KNOTS= t-option.

You should keep the number of knots small (see the section Specifying the Number of Knots).

specifies that the procedure should select the smoothing parameter, , that minimizes the (Akaike 1973) information criterion (AIC). By default, the (AICC ) criterion is minimized.

specifies that the procedure should select the smoothing parameter, , that minimizes the corrected Akaike information criterion (Hurvich, Simonoff, and Tsai 1998). This is the default criterion unless the AIC , CV , GCV , or SBC t-option is specified.

specifies that the procedure should select the smoothing parameter, , that minimizes the cross validation criterion (CV). By default, the (AICC ) criterion is minimized.

specifies that the procedure should select the smoothing parameter, , that minimizes the generalized cross validation criterion (Craven and Wahba 1979). By default, the (AICC ) criterion is minimized.

specifies a list of penalized B-spline smoothing parameters. By default, PROC TRANSREG considers lambdas in the range 0 to 1E6. Alternatively, you can specify the RANGE t-option with LAMBDA=, such as LAMBDA=1E3 1E5 RANGE, to only consider lambdas in a narrower range. Note that the algorithm might not actually evaluate the criterion at the minimum and maximum if it does not have to. In particular, it avoids evaluating the criterion at LAMBDA=0 (no smoothing) unless it is the only LAMBDA= value specified. You can also specify a list of lambdas, such as LAMBDA=1 TO 10, and the procedure selects the best lambda from the list. In all cases, the lambda that minimizes the specified criterion (or AICC by default) is chosen.

specifies that the LAMBDA= t-option specifies two lambdas that define a range of values, from which an optimal lambda is selected. By default, PROC TRANSREG considers lambdas in the range 0 to 1E6.

specifies that the procedure should select the smoothing parameter, , that minimizes Schwarz’s Bayesian criterion (Schwarz 1978; Judge et al. 1980). By default, the (AICC ) criterion is minimized.

specifies the number of first characters of a CLASS expansion variable’s name to use in constructing names for coded variables. When you specify CPREFIX= as an a-option or an o-option, it specifies the default for all CLASS variables. When you specify CPREFIX= as a t-option, it overrides the default only for selected variables. A different CPREFIX= value can be specified for each CLASS variable by specifying the CPREFIX=number-list t-option, like the ZERO= formatted-value t-option.

requests a deviations-from-means coding of CLASS variables. The coded design matrix has values of 0, 1, and –1 for reference levels. This coding is referred to as "deviations-from-means," "effects," "center-point," or "full-rank" coding. For example, here is the coding for two-, three-, four-, and five-level factors:

See the DEVIATIONS t-option.

specifies the number of first characters of a CLASS expansion variable’s label (or name if no label is specified) to use in constructing labels for the coded variables. When you specify LPREFIX= as an a-option or an o-option, it specifies the default for all CLASS variables. When you specify LPREFIX= as a t-option, it overrides the default only for selected variables. A different LPREFIX= value can be specified for each CLASS variable by specifying the LPREFIX=number-list t-option, like the ZERO= formatted-value t-option.

specifies the order in which the CLASS variable levels are to be reported. The default is ORDER=INTERNAL. For ORDER=FORMATTED and ORDER=INTERNAL, the sort order is machine dependent. When you specify ORDER= as an a-option or an o-option, it specifies the default ordering for all CLASS variables. When you specify ORDER= as a t-option, it overrides the default ordering only for selected variables. You can specify a different ORDER= value for each CLASS specification.

requests an orthogonal-contrast coding of CLASS variables. For example, here is the orthogonal-contrast coding for two-, three-, four-, and five-level factors:

The sum of the coded values within each column is zero, all columns within a factor are orthogonal, and the ith column represents a contrast between the ith level and the combination of all preceding levels and the last level. The matrix is orthogonal and is diagonal with this coding only if the experimental design is orthogonal.

specifies separators for creating CLASS expansion variable labels. By default, SEPARATORS=’ ’ ’ * ’ ("blank" and "blank asterisk blank"). When you specify SEPARATORS= as an a-option or an o-option, it specifies the default separators for all CLASS variables. When you specify SEPARATORS= as a t-option, it overrides the default only for selected variables. You can specify a different SEPARATORS= value for each CLASS specification.

requests a standardized-orthogonal coding of CLASS variables. For example, here is the standardized-orthogonal coding for two-, three-, four-, and five-level factors:

The sum of the coded values within each column is zero, the sum of squares of the coded values within each column is equal to the number of levels, all columns within a factor are orthogonal, and the ith column represents a contrast between the ith level and the combination of all preceding levels and the last level. The matrix is orthogonal and is diagonal (, the number of observations times an identity matrix) with this coding only if the experimental design is orthogonal.

is used with CLASS variables. The default is ZERO=LAST.

The specification CLASS(variable / ZERO=FIRST) sets to missing the coded variable for the first of the sorted categories, implying a zero coefficient for that category.

The specification CLASS(variable / ZERO=LAST) sets to missing the coded variable for the last of the sorted categories, implying a zero coefficient for that category.

The specification CLASS(variable / ZERO=’formatted-value’) sets to missing the coded variable for the category with a formatted value that matches ’formatted-value’, implying a zero coefficient for that category. With ZERO=formatted-value, the first formatted value applies to the first variable in the specification, the second formatted value applies to the next variable that was not previously mentioned, and so on. For example, class(a a*b b b*c c / zero=’x’ ’y’ ’z’) specifies that the reference level for a is ’x’, for b is ’y’, and for c is ’z’. With ZERO=’formatted-value’, the procedure first looks for exact matches between the formatted values and the specified value. If none are found, leading blanks are stripped from both and the values are compared again. If zero or two or more matches are found, warnings are issued.

The specifications ZERO=FIRST, ZERO=LAST, and ZERO=’formatted-value’ are used for reference cell models. The Intercept parameter estimate is the marginal mean for the reference cell, and the other marginal means are obtained by adding the intercept to the coded variable coefficients.

The specification CLASS(variable / ZERO=NONE) sets to missing none of the coded variables. The columns of the expansion sum to a column of ones, so an implicit intercept model is fit. If you specify ZERO=NONE for more than one variable, the model is less than full rank. In the model model identity(y) = class(x / zero=none), the coefficients are cell means.

The specification CLASS(variable / ZERO=SUM) sets to missing none of the coded variables, and the coefficients for the coded variables created from the variable sum to 0. This creates a less-than-full-rank model, but the coefficients are uniquely determined due to the sum-to-zero constraint.

In the presence of iterative transformations, hypothesis tests for ZERO=NONE and ZERO=SUM levels are not exact; they are liberal because a model with an explicit intercept is fit inside the iterations. There is no provision for adjusting the transformations while setting to 0 a parameter that is redundant given the explicit intercept and the other parameters.

specifies the Box-Cox alpha for the confidence interval for the power parameter. By default, ALPHA=0.05.

specifies the Box-Cox convenient lambda list. The default is CLL=1 0 0.5 –1 –0.5 2 –2 3 –3. By default, a linear transformation is preferred over log , square root , inverse , inverse square root , quadratic , inverse quadratic , cubic , and inverse cubic transformations. A value in the CLL= list is considered only if it is also in the LAMBDA= list.^[41] When the confidence interval for the power parameter includes one of the parameters in the CLL= list, PROC TRANSREG reports it. In addition, if you specify the CONVENIENT t-option, then PROC TRANSREG uses the first convenient power parameter in the CLL=number-list that is in the confidence interval. For example, if the optimal power parameter is 0.25 and 0.0 is in the confidence interval but 1.0 is not, then the convenient power parameter is 0.0.

requests that PROC TRANSREG use a power parameter from the CLL= t-option for the final transformation instead of using the optimal LAMBDA= t-option value if a CLL= power parameter is in both the confidence interval and the LAMBDA= number-list. For more information, see the CLL= t-option.

divides the Box-Cox transformation by , where is the geometric mean of the variable to be transformed. This form of the Box-Cox transformation essentially converts the transformation back to original units, and hence it permits direct comparison of the residual sums of squares for models with different power parameters.

specifies a list of Box-Cox power parameters. By default, LAMBDA=–3 TO 3 BY 0.25. PROC TRANSREG evaluates the log likelihood for each power parameter in the list and chooses the best one. However, when the CONVENIENT t-option is specified, PROC TRANSREG can choose a convenient parameter from the confidence interval instead of choosing the optimal power parameter from the LAMBDA= list. For example, if the optimal power parameter is 0.25 and 0.0 is in the confidence interval but 1.0 is not, then the convenient power parameter 0.0 (log transformation) is chosen instead of the more optimal parameter 0.25. You can specify the convenient power parameters by using the CLL= t-option.

requests that certain operations occur after the expansion. This t-option affects the NKNOTS= t-option when the SPLINE or MSPLINE transformation is crossed with a CLASS specification. For example, if the original spline variable (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) is expanded into the three variables (1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0), (0 0 0 4 5 6 0 0 0), and (0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 9), then, by default, NKNOTS=1 would use the overall median of 5 as the knot for all three variables. When you specify the AFTER t-option, the knots for the three variables are 2, 5, and 8. Note that the structural zeros are ignored when the internal knot list is created, but they are not ignored for the exterior knots.

You can also specify the AFTER t-option with the RANK , SMOOTH , and PBSPLINE transformations. The following specifications compute ranks and smooth transformations within groups, after crossing, ignoring the structural zeros:

class(x / zero=none) | rank(z / after)
class(x / zero=none) | smooth(z / after)

centers the variables before the analysis begins (in contrast to the TSTANDARD= CENTER option, which centers after the analysis ends). The CENTER t-option can be used instead of running PROC STANDARD before PROC TRANSREG (see the section Centering). When the KNOTS= t-option is specified with CENTER, the knots apply to the original variable, not to the centered variable. PROC TRANSREG centers the knots.

renames variables as they are used in the MODEL statement. This t-option lets you use a variable more than once.

For example, if x is a character variable, then the following step stores both the original character variable x and a numeric variable xc that contains category numbers in the OUT= data set:

proc transreg data=a;
   model identity(y) = opscore(x / name=(xc));
   output;
   id x;
run;

With the CLASS and IDENTITY transformations, which can contain interaction effects, the first name applies to the first variable in the specification, the second name applies to the next variable that was not previously mentioned, and so on. For example, identity(a a * b b b * c c / name=(g h i)) specifies that the new name for a is g, for b is h, and for c is i. The same assignment is used for the (not useful) specification identity(a a b b c c / name=(g h i)). For all transforms other than CLASS and IDENTITY (all those in which interactions are not supported), repeated variables are not handled specially. For example, spline(a a b b c c / name=(a g b h c i)) creates six variables: a copy of a named a, another copy of a named g, a copy of b named b, another copy of b named h, a copy of c named c, and another copy of c named i.

reflects the transformation

after the iterations are completed and before the final standardization and results calculations. This t-option is particularly useful with the dependent variable in a conjoint analysis. When the dependent variable consists of ranks with the most preferred combination assigned 1.0, the REFLECT t-option reflects the transformation so that positive utilities mean high preference. (See Example 117.4.)

specifies the standardization of the transformed variables for the hypothesis tests and in the OUT= data set (see the section Centering). By default, TSTANDARD=ORIGINAL. When you specify TSTANDARD= as an a-option or an o-option, it determines the default standardization for all variables. When you specify TSTANDARD= as a t-option, it overrides the default standardization only for selected variables. You can specify a different TSTANDARD= value for each transformation. For example, to perform a redundancy analysis with standardized dependent variables, specify the following:

model identity(y1-y4 / tstandard=z) = identity(x1-x10);

centers and standardizes the variables to variance one before the analysis begins (in contrast to the TSTANDARD= Z option, which standardizes after the analysis ends). The Z t-option can be used instead of running PROC STANDARD before PROC TRANSREG (see the section Centering). When the KNOTS= t-option is specified with Z, the knots apply to the original variable, not to the standardized variable. PROC TRANSREG standardizes the knots.

creates an additive model by multiplying the values of each independent variable (after the TSTANDARD= standardization) by that variable’s corresponding multiple regression coefficient. This process scales the independent variables so that the predicted-values variable for the final dependent variable is simply the sum of the final independent variables. An additive model is a univariate multiple regression model. As a result, the ADDITIVE a-option is not valid if METHOD= CANALS, or if METHOD=REDUNDANCY or METHOD=UNIVARIATE with more than one dependent variable.

specifies the level of significance for all of the confidence limits. By default, ALPHA=0.05.

specifies the minimum change in the criterion being optimized (squared multiple correlation for METHOD= MORALS and METHOD=UNIVARIATE, average squared multiple correlation for METHOD=REDUNDANCY, average squared canonical correlation for METHOD=CANALS) that is required to continue iterating. By default, CCONVERGE=0.0.

requests confidence limits on the parameter estimates in the displayed output.

specifies the minimum average absolute change in standardized variable scores that is required to continue iterating. By default, CONVERGE=0.00001. Average change is computed over only those variables that can be transformed by the iterations; that is, all LINEAR , OPSCORE , MONOTONE , UNTIE , SPLINE , MSPLINE , and SSPLINE variables and nonoptimal transformation variables with missing values.

specifies the number of first characters of a CLASS expansion variable’s name to use in constructing names for coded variables. Coded variable names are constructed from the first n characters of the CLASS expansion variable’s name and the first characters of the formatted CLASS expansion variable’s value. For example, if the variable ClassVariable has values 1, 2, and 3, then, by default, the coded variables are named ClassVariable1, ClassVariable2, and ClassVariable3. However, with CPREFIX=5, the coded variables are named Class1, Class2, and Class3. When CPREFIX=0, coded variable names are created entirely from the CLASS expansion variable’s formatted values. Valid values range from –1 to 31, where –1 indicates the default calculation and 0 to 31 are the number of prefix characters to use. The default, –1, sets n to 32 – min(32, max(2, fl)), where fl is the format length. When you specify CPREFIX= as an a-option or an o-option, it specifies the default for all CLASS variables. When you specify CPREFIX= as a t-option, it overrides the default only for selected variables.

reports on details of the model specification. For example, it reports the knots and coefficients for splines, reference levels for CLASS variables, Box-Cox results, the smoothing parameter, and so on. The DETAIL option can take two optional suboptions, NOCOEFFICIENTS and NOKNOTS (or NOC and NOK). To suppress knots from the details listing, specify DETAIL(NOKNOTS). To suppress coefficients from the details listing, specify DETAIL(NOCOEFFICIENTS). To suppress both knots and coefficients from the details listing, specify DETAIL(NOKNOTS NOCOEFFICIENTS).

provides a canonical initialization. When there are no monotonicity constraints, when there is at most one canonical variable in each set, and when there is enough available memory, PROC TRANSREG (with the SOLVE a-option) can usually directly solve for the optimal solution in only one iteration. The initialization iteration is number 0, which is slower and uses more memory than other iterations. However, for some models, specifying the SOLVE a-option can greatly decrease the amount of time required to find the optimal transformations. During iteration 0, each variable is replaced by an expanded variable and the model is fit to the larger, expanded set of variables. For example, an OPSCORE variable is expanded into coded (or "dummy") variables, as if CLASS were specified, and a SPLINE variable is expanded into a B-spline basis, as if BSPLINE were specified. Then for each expanded variable, the results of iteration zero are constructed by multiplying the expanded basis times the subvector to get the optimal transformation. This a-option can be useful even in models where a direct solution is not possible, because it provides good initial transformations of all the variables.

displays the iteration histories even when the NOPRINT a-option is specified.

fits each model for each dependent variable individually. This means, for example, that when INDIVIDUAL is specified, missing values in one dependent variable will not cause that observation to be deleted for the other models with the other dependent variables. In contrast, by default, missing values in any variable in any model can cause the observation to be deleted for all models. The INDIVIDUAL a-option can be specified only with METHOD= MORALS.

This a-option also affects the order of the output. By default, the number of observations table is printed once at the beginning of the output. With INDIVIDUAL, a number of observations table appears for each model.

specifies the number of first characters of a CLASS expansion variable’s label (or name if no label is specified) to use in constructing labels for coded variables. Coded variable labels are constructed from the first n characters of the CLASS expansion variable’s name and the first 127 – n characters of the formatted CLASS expansion variable’s value. Valid values range from –1 to 127. Values of 0 to 127 specify the number of name or label characters to use. The default is –1, which specifies that PROC TRANSREG should pick a value depending on the length of the prefix and the formatted class value. When you specify LPREFIX= as an a-option or an o-option, it determines the default for all CLASS variables. When you specify LPREFIX= as a t-option, it overrides the default only for selected variables.

specifies the maximum number of iterations (see the section Controlling the Number of Iterations). By default, MAXITER=30. You can specify MAXITER=0 to save time when no transformations are requested.

specifies the iterative algorithm. By default, METHOD=UNIVARIATE, unless you specify options that cannot be handled by the UNIVARIATE algorithm. Specifically, the default is METHOD=MORALS for the following situations:

specifies the first and last special missing value in the list of those special missing values to be estimated with within-variable order and category constraints. By default, there are no order constraints on missing value estimates. The two-letters value must consist of two letters in alphabetical order. For example, MONOTONE=DF means that the estimate of .D must be less than or equal to the estimate of .E, which must be less than or equal to the estimate of .F; no order constraints are placed on estimates of ._, .A through .C, and .G through .Z. For details, see the section Missing Values.

specifies the number of canonical variables to use in the METHOD=CANALS algorithm. By default, NCAN=1. The value of the NCAN= a-option must be .

When canonical coefficients and coordinates are included in the OUT= data set, the NCAN= a-option also controls the number of rows of the canonical coefficient matrices in the data set. If you specify an NCAN= value larger than the minimum of the number of dependent variables and the number of independent variables, PROC TRANSREG displays a warning and sets the NCAN= a-option to the maximum value.

omits the intercept from the OUT= data set and suppresses centering of data. You cannot specify the NOINT a-option with iterative transformations since there is no provision for optimal scaling without an intercept. The NOINT a-option can be specified only when there is no implicit intercept and when all of the data in a BY group absolutely will not change during the iterations.

excludes all observations with missing values from the analysis, but does not exclude them from the OUT= data set. If you omit the NOMISS a-option, PROC TRANSREG simultaneously computes the optimal transformations of the nonmissing values and estimates the missing values that minimize squared error. For details, see the section Missing Values.

Casewise deletion of observations with missing values occurs when the NOMISS a-option is specified, when there are missing values in expansions, when there are missing values in METHOD= UNIVARIATE independent variables, when there are weights less than or equal to 0, or when there are frequencies less than 1. Excluded observations are output with a blank value for the _TYPE_ variable, and they have a weight of 0. They do not contribute to the analysis but are scored and transformed as supplementary or passive observations.

See the section Passive Observations for more information about excluded observations.

suppresses the display of all output unless you specify the HISTORY a-option. The NOPRINT a-option without the HISTORY a-option disables the Output Delivery System (ODS), including ODS Graphics, for the duration of the procedure run. The NOPRINT a-option with the HISTORY a-option disables all output except the iteration history, again including ODS Graphics, for the duration of the procedure run. For more information, see Chapter 20: Using the Output Delivery System.

specifies that constant variables are expected and should not be zeroed. By default, constant variables are zeroed. This option is useful when PROC TRANSREG is used to code experimental designs for discrete choice models (see the section Discrete Choice Experiments: DESIGN, NORESTORE, NOZERO). When these designs are very large, it might be more efficient to use the DESIGN= n a-option. It might be that attributes are constant within a block of n observations, so you need to specify the NOZEROCONSTANT a-option to get the correct results. You can specify this option in the PROC TRANSREG, MODEL, and OUTPUT statements.

specifies that no restrictions are placed on the use of SMOOTH and SSPLINE and the ordinary least squares is used to find the coefficients and predicted values. By default, only certain types of models can be specified with SMOOTH and ordinary least squares is not used to find the coefficients and predicted values. See the section Smoothing Splines Changes and Enhancements for more information about the NSR option and smooth transformations.

specifies the order in which the CLASS variable levels are to be reported. The default is ORDER=INTERNAL. For ORDER=FORMATTED and ORDER=INTERNAL, the sort order is machine dependent. When you specify ORDER= as an a-option or an o-option, it determines the default ordering for all CLASS variables. When you specify ORDER= as a t-option, it overrides the default ordering only for selected variables.

prints the Box-Cox table with the log likelihood displayed as a function of lambda. The important information in this table is displayed in the Box-Cox plot, so when ODS Graphics is enabled and the plot is produced, the table is not produced by default. When ODS Graphics is not enabled or when the plot is not produced, the table is produced by default. Specify the PBOXCOXTABLE option if you want to see the table in addition to the plot.

specifies how reference levels of CLASS variables are to be treated. The options are REFERENCE=NONE, the default, in which reference levels are suppressed; REFERENCE=MISSING, in which reference levels are displayed and output with missing values; and REFERENCE=ZERO, in which reference levels are displayed and output with zeros. You can specify the REFERENCE= option in the PROC TRANSREG, MODEL, or OUTPUT statement, and you can specify it independently for the OUT= data set and the displayed output. When you specify it in only one statement, it sets the option for both the displayed output and the OUT= data set.

enables PROC TRANSREG to use previous transformations as starting points. The REITERATE a-option affects only variables that are iteratively transformed (specified as LINEAR , OPSCORE , MONOTONE , UNTIE , SPLINE , MSPLINE , and SSPLINE ). For iterative transformations, the REITERATE a-option requests a search in the input data set for a variable that consists of the value of the TDPREFIX= or TIPREFIX= o-option followed by the original variable name. If such a variable is found, it is used to provide the initial values for the first iteration. The final transformation is a member of the transformation family defined by the original variable, not the transformation family defined by the initialization variable. See the section Using the REITERATE Algorithm Option for more information about the REITERATE option.

prints a table with only the model R square.

specifies separators for creating CLASS expansion variable labels. By default, SEPARATORS=’ ’ ’ * ’ ("blank" and "blank asterisk blank"). The first value is used to separate variable names and values in interactions. The second value is used to separate interaction components. For example, the label for the coded variable for the A=1 and B=2 cell is, by default, ’A 1 * B 2’. If SEPARATORS=’=’ ’x’ is specified, then the label is ’A=1xB=2’. When you specify SEPARATORS= as an a-option or an o-option, it determines the default separators for all CLASS variables. When you specify SEPARATORS= as a t-option, it overrides the default only for selected variables.

suppresses the iteration histories.

specifies the largest value within rounding error of zero. By default, SINGULAR=1E–12. PROC TRANSREG uses the value of the SINGULAR= a-option for checking when constructing full-rank matrices of predictor variables, checking denominators before dividing, and so on. PROC TRANSREG computes the regression coefficients by sweeping with rational pivoting.

produces a regression table based on Type II sums of squares. Tests of the contribution of each transformation to the overall model are displayed and output to the OUTTEST= data set when you specify the OUTTEST= option. When you specify the SS2 a-option, the TEST a-option is automatically specified for you. See the section Hypothesis Tests for more information about the TEST and SS2 options. You can suppress the variable labels in the regression tables by specifying the NOLABEL option in the OPTIONS statement.

generates an ANOVA table. PROC TRANSREG tests the null hypothesis that the vector of scoring coefficients for all of the transformations is zero. See the section Hypothesis Tests for more information about the TEST option.

specifies the number of characters in "Transformation" to append to variable labels for transformed variables. By default, all characters are used.

specifies the standardization of the transformed variables for the hypothesis tests and in the OUT= data set. By default, TSTANDARD=ORIGINAL. When you specify TSTANDARD= as an a-option or an o-option, it determines the default standardization for all variables. When you specify TSTANDARD= as a t-option, it overrides the default standardization only for selected variables.

The final standardization is affected by other options. If you also specify the ADDITIVE a-option, the TSTANDARD= option specifies an intermediate step in computing the final means and variances. The final independent variables, along with their means and standard deviations, are scaled by the regression coefficients, creating an additive model with all coefficients equal to one.

For nonoptimal variable transformations, the means and variances of the original variables are actually the means and variances of the nonlinearly transformed variables, unless you specify the ORIGINAL nonoptimal t-option in the MODEL statement. For example, if a variable x with no missing values is specified as LOG , then, by default, the final transformation of x is simply the log of x, not the log of x standardized to the mean of x and variance of x.

specifies the valid value for the _TYPE_ variable in the input data set. If PROC TRANSREG finds an input _TYPE_ variable, it uses only observations with a _TYPE_ value that matches the TYPE= value. This enables a PROC TRANSREG OUT= data set containing coefficients to be used as input to PROC TRANSREG without requiring a WHERE statement to exclude the coefficients. If a _TYPE_ variable is not in the data set, all observations are used. The default is TYPE=’SCORE’, so if you do not specify the TYPE= a-option, only observations with _TYPE_=’SCORE’ are used. Do not confuse this a-option with the data set TYPE= option. The DATA= data set must be an ordinary SAS data set.

PROC TRANSREG displays a note when it reads observations with blank values of _TYPE_, but it does not automatically exclude those observations. Data sets created by the TRANSREG and PRINQUAL procedures have blank _TYPE_ values for those observations that were excluded from the analysis due to nonpositive weights, nonpositive frequencies, or missing data. When these observations are read again, they are excluded for the same reason that they were excluded from their original analysis, not because their _TYPE_ value is blank.

specifies the first and last special missing values in the list of those special missing values that are to be estimated with within-variable order constraints but no category constraints. The two-letters value must consist of two letters in alphabetical order. By default, there are category constraints but no order constraints on special missing value estimates. For details, see the sections Missing Values and Optimal Scaling.

produces a table of the part-worth utilities from a conjoint analysis. Utilities, their standard errors, and the relative importance of each factor are displayed and output to the OUTTEST= data set when you specify the OUTTEST= option. When you specify the UTILITIES a-option, the TEST a-option is automatically specified for you. See Example 117.4 and Example 117.5 for more information about conjoint analysis.