OUT= Data Set :: SAS/STAT(R) 12.1 User's Guide

BY variables, if any

_ITER_ (if the OUTITER option is specified), a numeric variable containing the iteration number

_DIMENS_, a numeric variable containing the number of dimensions

_MATRIX_ or the variable in the MATRIX statement, identifying the data matrix or subject to which the observation pertains. This variable contains a missing value for observations that pertain to the data set as a whole and not to a particular matrix, such as the coordinates (_TYPE_=‘CONFIG’).

_TYPE_, a character variable of length 10 identifying the type of information in the observation

The values of _TYPE_ are as follows:

CONFIG: the estimated coordinates of the configuration of objects
DIAGCOEF: the estimated dimension coefficients for COEF=DIAGONAL
INTERCEPT: the estimated intercept parameters
SLOPE: the estimated slope parameters
POWER: the estimated power parameters
CRITERION: the badness-of-fit criterion

_LABEL_ or the variable in the ID statement, containing the variable label or value of the ID variable of the object to which the observation pertains. This variable contains a missing value for observations that do not pertain to a particular object or dimension.

_NAME_, a character variable containing the variable name of the object or dimension to which the observation pertains. This variable contains a missing value for observations that do not pertain to a particular object or dimension.

Dim1, …, Dimm, where m is the maximum number of dimensions

The MDS Procedure

OUT= Data Set