The GRADBOOST ProcedureOverviewGetting StartedSyntaxDetailsExampleReferencesTARGET Statement TARGET variable </ LEVEL=NOMINAL | INTERVAL>; The TARGET statement names the variable whose values PROC GRADBOOST predicts. You can specify the following option: LEVEL=NOMINAL | INTERVAL specifies the level of measurement. You can specify the following values: NOMINALspecifies that the level of measurement of the variables is nominal. INTERVALspecifies that the level of measurement of the variables is interval. By default, LEVEL=INTERVAL for numeric variables and LEVEL=NOMINAL for categorical variables. Copyright © SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.Last updated: November 11, 2020