Hierarchical data analyses in different disciplines are reviewed to compare statistical applications of the Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM) software and the SAS MIXED procedure. Similar features of ...

The PRIOR statement enables you to carry out a sampling-based Bayesian analysis in PROC MIXED. It currently operates only with variance component models. The analysis produces a SAS data set ...

proc access dbms=dbf; /* create access descriptor */ create adlib.invoice.access; path="c:\sasdemo\invoice.dbf"; assign; rename invoicenum = invnum amtbilled ...

The MCMC procedure in SAS (called PROC MCMC) is particularly designed for Bayesian analysis using the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm. The program is sufficiently general to handle very ...