The NLMIXED Procedure
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Overview
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Getting Started
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Syntax
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DetailsModeling Assumptions and NotationIntegral ApproximationsBuilt-in Log-Likelihood FunctionsOptimization AlgorithmsFinite-Difference Approximations of DerivativesHessian ScalingActive Set MethodsLine-Search MethodsRestricting the Step LengthComputational ProblemsCovariance MatrixPredictionComputational ResourcesDisplayed OutputODS Table Names
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Examples
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CONTRAST Statement
CONTRAST ’label’ expression <, expression> <options> ;
The CONTRAST statement enables you to conduct a statistical test that several expressions simultaneously equal zero. The expressions are typically contrasts—that is, differences whose expected values equal zero under the hypothesis of interest.
In the CONTRAST statement you must provide a quoted string to identify the contrast and then a list of valid SAS expressions separated by commas. Multiple CONTRAST statements are permitted, and results from all statements are listed in a common table. PROC NLMIXED constructs approximate F tests for each statement using the delta method (Cox, 1998) to approximate the variance-covariance matrix of the constituent expressions.
The following option is available in the CONTRAST statement: