Problem Note 69879: The GEE procedure reports incorrect ILINK results for certain LINK= functions that you specify in the model
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When the following conditions are met in PROC GEE, some results might be incorrect:
- You specify the LINK=INVERSE or the LINK=POWERMINUS2 option in the MODEL statement.
- You specify the ILINK option in the ESTIMATE, LSMEANS, LSMESTIMATE, or SLICE statements.
In this scenario, the model results are correct, but the results from the other statements listed above are incorrect.
There is no workaround for this problem.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/STAT | Microsoft Windows 10 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| z/OS 64-bit | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
| z/OS | 14.1 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||||
A fix for this issue for SAS/STAT 15.3 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/L9L.html#69879
PROC GEE reports incorrect results for any statistics that apply the inverse link function when you specify the LINK=INVERSE or the LINK=POWERMINUS2 option in the MODEL statement.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | alert |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Categorical Data Analysis SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> GEE |
| Date Modified: | 2023-03-27 10:06:05 |
| Date Created: | 2023-02-20 11:19:28 |