The SEVERITY Procedure

Displayed Output

The SEVERITY procedure optionally produces displayed output by using the Output Delivery System (ODS). All output is controlled by the PRINT= option in the PROC SEVERITY statement. Table 23.17 relates the ODS tables to PRINT= options.

Table 23.17: ODS Tables Produced in PROC SEVERITY

ODS Table Name	Description	Option
AllFitStatistics	Statistics of fit for all the distribution models	PRINT=ALLFITSTATS
ConvergenceStatus	Convergence status of parameter estimation process	PRINT=CONVSTATUS
DescStats	Descriptive statistics for the response variable	PRINT=DESCSTATS
DistributionInfo	Distribution information	PRINT=DISTINFO
InitialValues	Initial parameter values and bounds	PRINT=INITIALVALUES
IterationHistory	Optimization iteration history	PRINT=NLOHISTORY
ModelSelection	Model selection summary	PRINT=SELECTION
OptimizationSummary	Optimization summary	PRINT=NLOSUMMARY
ParameterEstimates	Final parameter estimates	PRINT=ESTIMATES
RegDescStats	Descriptive statistics for the regression effects that do not contain a CLASS variable	PRINT=DESCSTATS
StatisticsOfFit	Statistics of fit	PRINT=STATISTICS
Timing	Timing information for various computational stages of the procedure	PRINT=ALL
TurnbullSummary	Turnbull EDF estimation summary	PRINT=ALL

If you do not specify the PRINT= option, then by default PROC SEVERITY produces ModelSelection, ConvergenceStatus, OptimizationSummary, StatisticsOfFit, and ParameterEstimates ODS tables.

The following describes the content that is displayed in each table:

AllFitStatistics (PRINT=ALLFITSTATS): displays the comparison of all the statistics of fit for all the models in one table. The table does not include the models whose parameter estimation process does not converge. If all the models fail to converge, then this table is not produced. If the table contains more than one model, then the best model according to each statistic is indicated with an asterisk (*) in that statistic’s column.
ConvergenceStatus (PRINT=CONVSTATUS): displays the convergence status of the parameter estimation process.
DescStats (PRINT=DESCSTATS): displays the descriptive statistics for the response variable.
DistributionInfo (PRINT=DISTINFO): displays the information about all the candidate distribution. It includes the name, the description, the number of distribution parameters, and whether the distribution is valid for the specified modeling task.
InitialValues (PRINT=INITIALVALUES): displays the initial values and bounds used for estimating each model.
IterationHistory (PRINT=NLOHISTORY): displays the iteration history of the nonlinear optimization process used for estimating the parameters.
ModelSelection (PRINT=SELECTION): displays the model selection table. The table shows the convergence status of each candidate model, and the value of the selection criterion along with an indication of the selected model.
OptimizationSummary (PRINT=NLOSUMMARY): displays the summary of the nonlinear optimization process used for estimating the parameters.
ParameterEstimates (PRINT=ESTIMATES): displays the final estimates of parameters. The estimates are not displayed for models whose parameter estimation process does not converge.
RegDescStats (PRINT=DESCSTATS): displays the descriptive statistics for the regression effects in the SCALEMODEL statement that do not contain a CLASS variable.
StatisticsOfFit (PRINT=STATISTICS): displays the statistics of fit for each model. The statistics of fit are not displayed for models whose parameter estimation process does not converge.
Timing (PRINT=ALL): displays elapsed times (absolute and relative) for the main tasks of the procedure.
TurnbullSummary (PRINT=ALL): displays the summary of Turnbull’s estimation process if Turnbull’s method is used for computing EDF estimates. The summary includes whether the nonlinear optimization converged, the number of iterations, the maximum absolute relative error, the maximum absolute reduced gradient, and whether the final estimates are maximum likelihood estimates. This table is produced only if you specify PRINT=ALL and Turnbull’s method is used for computing EDF estimates.