The NESTED Procedure

The PROC NESTED statement invokes the NESTED procedure. Table 81.1 summarizes the options available in the PROC NESTED statement.

Table 81.1: PROC NESTED Statement Options

Option	Description
AOV	Displays only the analysis of variance statistics
DATA=	Names the SAS data set

The PROC NESTED statement has the following options:

AOV: displays only the analysis of variance statistics when there is more than one dependent variable. The "analysis of covariation" statistics are suppressed (see the section Analysis of Covariation).
DATA=SAS-data-set: names the SAS data set to be used by PROC NESTED. By default, the procedure uses the most recently created SAS data set.