I am using a selection procedure within hplogistic on partitioned data.  I have set the entry to .001 and the stay to 0.01 and choose=validate.  However, I get some variables (that were not forced in) that have p>0.01.  Why is this happening?   PROC HPlogistic DATA=inpatient_outcomes; PARTITION ROLEVAR = PART(TRAIN="1" VALIDATE="0"); model outcome (event='1')= var1 var2.....var30/ include=4; SELECTION METHOD=stepwise (CHOOSE=VALIDATE sle=0.001 sls=0.01); run; ... View more