SPATIALREG Procedure

Functional Summary

Table 1 summarizes the statements and options that you can use with the SPATIALREG procedure.

Table 1: PROC SPATIALREG Functional Summary

Description Statement Option
Data Set Options
Specifies the input primary data set PROC SPATIALREG DATA=
Specifies the input spatial weights data set PROC SPATIALREG WMAT=
Suppresses normalization of the spatial weights PROC SPATIALREG NONORMALIZE
Writes parameter estimates to an output data set PROC SPATIALREG OUTEST=
Writes estimates of bold x prime Subscript i Baseline bold-italic beta, predicted values, and residuals to an output data set OUTPUT OUT=
Approximation Control Options
Specifies the approximation-related options PROC SPATIALREG APPROXIMATION=
Declaring the Role of Variables
Specifies BY-group processing BY
Specifies classification variables CLASS
Specifies a spatial ID variable SPATIALID
Printing Control Options
Prints the correlation matrix of the estimates MODEL CORRB
Prints the covariance matrix of the estimates MODEL COVB
Prints a summary iteration listing MODEL ITPRINT
Suppresses the normal printed output PROC SPATIALREG NOPRINT
Prints all available output MODEL PRINTALL
Optimization Process Control Options
Specifies maximum number of iterations allowed MODEL MAXITER=
Selects the iterative minimization method to use PROC SPATIALREG METHOD=
Sets boundary restrictions on parameters BOUNDS
Sets initial values for parameters INIT
Sets linear restrictions on parameters RESTRICT
Sets the number of threads to use PERFORMANCE NTHREADS=
Specifies the optimization options NLOPTIONS See Chapter 6, Nonlinear Optimization Methods.
Model Estimation Options
Specifies the spatial lag of covariate effect SPATIALEFFECTS
Specifies the type of model MODEL TYPE=
Specifies the type of covariance matrix MODEL COVEST=
Suppresses the intercept parameter MODEL NOINT
Output Control Options
Includes covariances in the OUTEST= data set PROC SPATIALREG COVOUT
Outputs the residual OUTPUT RESID=
Outputs the expected value of the response variable OUTPUT PRED=
Outputs estimates of bold x prime Subscript i Baseline bold-italic beta OUTPUT XBETA=


Last updated: June 19, 2025