ASSESS Procedure

TARGET Statement

TARGET variable </options>;

The TARGET statement specifies the response variable in supervised learning. You can specify the following options:

EVENT="string"

specifies the formatted value of the response variable that represents the event. For an interval target (LEVEL=INTERVAL), the EVENT= option is ignored. For a nominal target (LEVEL=NOMINAL), the EVENT= option is required.

LEVEL=INTERVAL |NOMINAL

specifies the variable type.

You can specify the following values:

INTERVAL: specifies that the response variable is interval, which must be numeric.
NOMINAL: specifies that the response variable is nominal, also known as a classification variable, which can be numeric or character.

By default, LEVEL=INTERVAL.

Last updated: June 22, 2026