PROC SEVERITY: Functional Summary :: SAS/ETS(R) 9.22 User's Guide

The SEVERITY Procedure

Functional Summary

Table 22.1 summarizes the statements and options that control the SEVERITY procedure.

Table 22.1 SEVERITY Functional Summary
Description	Statement	Option
Statements
Specifies BY-group processing	BY
Specifies the variables to model	MODEL
Specifies a model to fit	DIST
Specifies optimization options	NLOPTIONS
Data Set Options
Specifies the input data set	PROC SEVERITY	DATA=
Specifies the output data set for parameter estimates	PROC SEVERITY	OUTEST=
Specifies that the OUTEST= data set contain covariance estimates	PROC SEVERITY	COVOUT
Specifies the output data set for statistics of fit	PROC SEVERITY	OUTSTAT=
Specifies the output data set for CDF estimates	PROC SEVERITY	OUTCDF=
Specifies the output data set for model information	PROC SEVERITY	OUTMODELINFO=
Specifies the input data set for parameter estimates	PROC SEVERITY	INEST=
Data Interpretation Options
Specifies right-censoring	MODEL	RIGHTCENSORED=
Specifies left-truncation	MODEL	LEFTTRUNCATED=
Specifies the probability of observability	MODEL	PROBOBSERVED=
Model Estimation Options
Specifies the model selection criterion	MODEL	CRITERION=
Specifies initial values for model parameters	DIST	INIT=
Specifies the denominator for computing covariance estimates	PROC SEVERITY	VARDEF=
Nonparametric CDF Estimation Options
Specifies the nonparametric method of CDF estimation	MODEL	EMPIRICALCDF=
Specifies the absolute lower bound on risk set size when EMPIRICALCDF=MODIFIEDKM is specified	MODEL	RSLB=
Specifies the $\text{[math]}$ value for the lower bound on risk set size when EMPIRICALCDF=MODIFIEDKM is specified	MODEL	C=
Specifies the $\text{[math]}$ value for the lower bound on risk set size when EMPIRICALCDF=MODIFIEDKM is specified	MODEL	ALPHA=
Displayed Output and Plotting Options
Specifies that all displayed and graphical output be turned off	PROC SEVERITY	NOPRINT
Specifies the output to be displayed	PROC SEVERITY	PRINT=
Specifies that only the specified output be displayed	PROC SEVERITY	ONLY
Specifies the graphical output to be displayed	PROC SEVERITY	PLOTS=
Specifies that only the specified plots be prepared	PROC SEVERITY	ONLY
Specifies that censored observations be marked in appropriate plots	PROC SEVERITY	MARKCENSORED
Specifies that truncated observations be marked in appropriate plots	PROC SEVERITY	MARKTRUNCATED
Specifies that histogram estimates be included in PDF plots	PROC SEVERITY	HISTOGRAM
Specifies that kernel estimates be included in PDF plots	PROC SEVERITY	KERNEL

Note: This procedure is experimental.

Top of Page