proc countreg: This is an experimental release of spatial lag models in COUNTREG

Cruise — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 03:52:33 GMT

Hi Folks:

I'm running PROC COUNTREG with spatieleffects. And I get an error below. can I ignore this warning safely? Anyone knows what this 'warning' could mean?

690  proc countreg data=t.outcome_data Wmat=Wmatrix;
691     model n_outcome = exp_variable/ dist=negbin;
692     spatialeffects exp_variable;
693  run;

WARNING: This is an experimental release of spatial lag models in COUNTREG.
NOTE: Convergence criterion (ABSGCONV=0.00001) satisfied.
NOTE: PROCEDURE COUNTREG used (Total process time):
      real time           0.32 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds

Re: proc countreg: This is an experimental release of spatial lag models in COUNTREG

ballardw — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:20:12 GMT

Not an error.

The warning is basically telling you that things, such as results for the same date set or syntax, may change when the final production version is released.

Also, if you get really weird results you might want to contact SAS technical support with the data as really odd results may indicate a needed programming change in the proc.

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