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The VARCOMP Procedure

PROC VARCOMP Statement

PROC VARCOMP < options >;
This statement invokes the VARCOMP procedure. You can specify the following options in the PROC VARCOMP statement.

DATA=SAS-data-set
specifies the input SAS data set to use. If this option is omitted, the most recently created SAS data set is used.

EPSILON=number
specifies the convergence value of the objective function for METHOD=ML or METHOD=REML. By default, EPSILON=1E-8.

MAXITER=number
specifies the maximum number of iterations for METHOD=ML or METHOD=REML. By default, MAXITER=50.

METHOD=TYPE1 | MIVQUE0 | ML | REML
specifies which of the four methods (TYPE1, MIVQUE0, ML, or REML) you want to use. By default, METHOD= MIVQUE0. For more information see the "Computational Methods" section.

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