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Tests for Multicollinearity

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 /*    NAME: MULTICOL                                            */
 /*   TITLE: Tests for Multicollinearity                         */
 /* PRODUCT: IML                                                 */
 /*  SYSTEM: ALL                                                 */
 /*    KEYS: ECON                                                */
 /*   PROCS: CORR IML                                            */
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DATA ONE; INPUT X1-X4; CARDS;
1 2 3 4
4 3 2 1
5 6 7 8
4 5 6 7
1 2 3 5
1 2 3 3
2 3 4 3
6 4 5 3
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1
0 1 2 0
1 2 0 0
2 3 4 5
7 8 9 0
1 5 3 4
1 4 5 7
9 4 5 7
5 4 1 2
3 5 3 5
1 3 2 3
7 6 9 8
2 3 5 6
;
RUN;

PROC CORR DATA=ONE OUTP=C;
    VAR X1-X4;
RUN;

PROC IML;
  RESET AUTONAME ;
  PRINT " TESTS FOR MULTICOLLINEARITY BY FARRAR AND GLAUBER";

    *------ REF: FARRAR AND GLAUBER, "MULTICOLLINEARITY..."
                 REVIEW OF EC AND STAT, FEB 1967 V 49;
    *-----ALSO IN  KOUTSOYIANNIS, THEORY OF ECONOMETRICS;

  USE C (FIRSTOBS=3);
  READ ALL INTO R [COLNAME=VARS];
  K= NCOL(R);
  N= R[1,1];
  R= R[2:K+1,];
  DET= DET(R);
  RINV= INV(R);
  PRINT " -----TEST 1---TEST OVERALL MULTICOLLINEARITY----";
  CHISQ=-(N-1-(2#K+5)/6)# LOG(DET);
  SIGPROB=1- PROBCHI(CHISQ,.5#K#(K-1));
  PRINT CHISQ, SIGPROB;
  PRINT " -----TEST 2---TEST EACH VARIABLE-----";
  F=( VECDIAG(RINV)-1)#(N-K)/(K-1);
  SIGPROB=1- PROBF(F,K-1,N-K);
  PRINT F, SIGPROB[ ROWNAME=VARS];
  PRINT " -----TEST 3---TEST EACH PAIR OF VARIABLES-----";
  D = DIAG( 1/SQRT(VECDIAG(RINV)) );
  PCOR=D*R*D;
  D= SQRT(1-PCOR#PCOR);
  DIAGIDX = DO(1, NROW(D)*NCOL(D), NCOL(D)+1);
  D[DIAGIDX] = .;  /*REPLACE DIAGONAL WITH  MISSING*/
  TTEST=PCOR# SQRT(N-K)/D;
  TTEST= CHOOSE(TTEST=.,TTEST^=.,TTEST);/*REPLACE MISSING WITH ZERO*/
  SIGPROB=2 -2* PROBT(TTEST,N-K);
  PRINT TTEST, SIGPROB[ ROWNAME=VARS COLNAME=VARS];