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rs_poetic
Calcite | Level 5


Hello,

Proc Severity, an experimental proc in ETS, sounds like the answer to my prayers, but I am stuck at the outset with what seems like a very simple error message.  I am trying to run the example given in the documentation, simply:

proc severity data=spilldat;

     model spill / crit = aicc;

run;

where spill is a variable in the data.  Although the proc begins to run, the immediate error message in the log is:

     180

errror 180-322: statement is not valid or it is used out of order

Please advise. (I have ETS as part of 9.3 TS level 1M1 on Windows 7.)

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

That example is from SAS version 9.22. It seems that the syntax was changed in version 9.3 (it IS experimental!)

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/etsug/63939/HTML/default/viewer.htm#etsug_severity_sect0...

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

This is a typical syntax error message. Looking at the doc, there is no MODEL statement for that proc and the CRIT option belongs in the PROC statement. - PG

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rs_poetic
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you.  The MODEL statement does look peculiar but perhaps that is due to the context being to fit a predefined univariate probability distribution.  However, the example in the documentation on page 1 of "A simple Example of Fitting Predefined Distributions" is clear that "the MODEL statement specifies the variable to be modeled along with the model selection criterion" and I copied the example there exactly (I believe). Can you provide an illustrative little program for proc severity that does not include a MODEL statement?

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

That example is from SAS version 9.22. It seems that the syntax was changed in version 9.3 (it IS experimental!)

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/etsug/63939/HTML/default/viewer.htm#etsug_severity_sect0...

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rs_poetic
Calcite | Level 5

Thanks!!!

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