If you specify the TIES= option, then PROC RANK computes the
Savage score from the ranks based on non-tied values and applies the
TIES= specification to the resulting score.
TIES=HIGH | LOW | MEAN | DENSE
specifies how to compute normal scores or ranks for tied data values.
HIGH
assigns the largest of the corresponding ranks (or largest of the normal scores
when NORMAL= is specified).
LOW
assigns the smallest of the corresponding ranks (or smallest of the normal scores
when NORMAL= is specified).
MEAN
assigns the mean of the corresponding rank (or mean of the normal scores when
NORMAL= is specified).
DENSE
computes scores and ranks by treating ...
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