topic Error in running %process for mediation analysis in Statistical Procedures

Error in running %process for mediation analysis

patrali_c — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 10:29:11 GMT

ERROR: (execution) Numeric argument should be character.

operation : = at line 10312 column 1
operands : _TEM1001, *LIT1433

_TEM1001 1 row 1 col (character, size 3)

*LIT1433 1 row 1 col (numeric)

statement : IF at line 10312 column 1
ERROR: Row or column names must be character

statement : PRINT at line 10312 column 1
NOTE: Exiting IML.

here's the code:

proc iml;
%include "C:\Users\patrali.chakrabarty\Downloads\processv3\PROCESS\PROCESS v3.0 for SAS\process.sas"; run;
%process (data = study1_comp,y = PI,x = TT,m = IM,w = PCE,
z = R,cov = Often,plot = 1,moments = 1,model = 9,boot = 10000);run;

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Re: Error in running %process for mediation analysis

RW9 — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 10:40:13 GMT

The error:

ERROR: (execution) Numeric argument should be character.

Tells you everything you need to know. The code is expecting a character variable, you have provided a numeric variable. Check your dataset to check the type of the variables matches the type prescribed by this %Process macro.

Re: Error in running %process for mediation analysis

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 11:02:16 GMT

That looks like an IML error.

Load the macro file into your EG or SAS Studio, and run the iml code "manually" by replacing macro variables with their values from the macro call.

Always make sure that code runs successfully without macro action before making it dynamic.

If that macro is not a creation of yours, it should include comments how to use it, or there should be a documentation accompanying it. If not, return to sender.