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The FOREST Procedure

INPUT Statement

INPUT variables </ LEVEL=INTERVAL | NOMINAL>;

The INPUT statement names input variables that share a common option. You can specify the INPUT statement multiple times.

You can specify the following option:

LEVEL=INTERVAL | NOMINAL

specifies the level of measurement of the variables. You can specify the following values:

INTERVAL: specifies that the level of measurement of the variables is interval.
NOMINAL: specifies that the level of measurement of the variables is nominal.

By default, LEVEL=INTERVAL for numeric variables and LEVEL=NOMINAL for categorical variables.

Last updated: December 09, 2022