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Date:   Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:53:46 +0000
Reply-To:   John Whittington <John.W@MEDISCIENCE.CO.UK>
Sender:   "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   John Whittington <John.W@MEDISCIENCE.CO.UK>
Subject:   Re: A simple question
Comments:   To: "GOMEZ TEJERINA, PEDRO ALBERTO" <PEDRO.GOMEZ@GRUPOBBVA.COM>
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At 19:46 06/11/02 +0100, GOMEZ TEJERINA, PEDRO ALBERTO wrote:

>I would like to make a simple question. How can I forecast some >observations (not used to estimate the model) after having estimated a >regression with proc reg?

Pedro, the simplest way is to include in your modelling dataset (the one used to create the regression model) the values of the independent variable for which you want forecasts, with the corresponding dependent variable in the dataset set as 'missing'.

Does that help?

Kind Regards,

John

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