Proc FMM prozedur

[LeniLesola]

Hello!

Can someone help me how to set a reference of a covariate? In my case, I want to set the highest education category as a reference for the covariate education.

So this is my code, education is ISCED_gr and reference need to be ISCED_gr=3 or high:

proc fmm data=work.GruppierungAlternew;
class PHQg_gr Altersgruppe Alkoholkonsum Rauchstatus ISCED_gr;
model OHIPg = PHQg_gr Altersgruppe Alkoholkonsum Rauchstatus ISCED_gr/ cl dist=tpoisson;
model OHIPg = / cl dist=constant;
probmodel Altersgruppe PHQg_gr ISCED_gr Alkoholkonsum Rauchstatus /cl;
run;

Thanks a lot!!!

[SteveDenham]

Well, REF=LAST is the default, so the analysis you propose should set the estimate for ISCED_gr=3 to zero, which establishes it as the reference category.

SteveDenham

[SAS_Rob]

Proc FMM is not as flexible as some of the other procedures with respect to the CLASS statement and explicitly defining the reference level.  Instead, you can adjust the order of CLASS variable levels with the ORDER= option in the PROC FMM statement.