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- Local and Global Optimal Propensity Score Matching
- Propensity score-matching methods are often used to control for bias in observational studies when randomization is not possible. This paper describes how to match samples using both local and global optimal matching algorithms. The paper includes macros to perform the nearest available neighbor, caliper, and radius matching methods with or...
- Tags: Propensity, SAS Institute
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Using Propensity Scores to Adjust for Treatment Selection Bias
- Estimating the effect of drug treatment on outcomes requires adjusting for many observed factors, particularly those influencing drug selection. This paper demonstrates the use of PROC LOGISTIC in creating propensity scores to address such potential treatment selection bias. In this example using a pharmacy claims database, this method evaluates the...
- Tags: Propensity, Adherence, Treatment Selection
- White papers 2007-05-14
Additional Resources
- Integrated Change and Release Management
- Short deadlines and constant change epitomize the challenges of software and systems development. Routine change increases the propensity for error, and tight timelines can magnify issues. This report looks shows that to control your software and systems development, you need to know why a change was made,...
- Tags: Systems Development, Change, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Propensity Modeling and Marketing Evolution a Powerful Combination at Yapi Kredi
- Established in 1944, Yapi Kredi Bank has introduced products and services that changed the face of banking in Turkey. In 2002, Yapi Kredi ran cross-selling campaigns to recruit customers to telephone banking, using basic supervised selection methods, and achieved a response rate of 12 percent. But when these campaigns started...
- Tags: Marketing, SAS Institute, Modeling, Banking, Financial Services
- Case studies
- Credit Du Nord Scores!: Improving Customer Knowledge and Controlling Credit Risk With SAS
- Arising from the merger of 80 French banks, the Groupe Credit du Nord is today a federation of seven regional banks operating throughout France. Beginning in 1999, Credit du Nord launched its CRM Customer Relationship Management project to increase its customer knowledge. The strategy was to build a more permanent...
- Tags: Knowledge, SAS Institute
- Case studies
- High-Pinning Iridium-Manganese-Chromium (IrMnCr) Read Sensors for High Reliability & Stability
- To fuel the continued growth in areal density of hard drives, the physical dimensions of the read sensor have had to be significantly reduced to accommodate the smaller data bit size. This dramatic reduction of the read sensor - more than 10X in 10 years - has significantly increased the...
- Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Sensor
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Nicky & Paris Hilton Uncovered Screensaver (exe)
- Those naughty and nubile Hilton sisters are at it again. We celebrate their propensity to show body parts in this free screensaver. Check out Paris and Nicky in sexy bikini and lingerie photos, plus many other revealing pictures and poses. The screensaver also includes Sticky Note feature for custom on-screen...
- Tags: Password, Screensaver, Hilton Hotels Corp.
- Software downloads 2006-10-04
- Windows Firewall flaw may hide open ports
- Never trust Win XP firewallBecause Microsoft says your Computer must always be clean, the firewall in XP SP2 only stops most inbound problems. That does not take into consideration the malicious garbage that arrives in email, some of which transmitts your details outside the firewall without thripping any alarms. I...
- Tags: firewall, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Firewall, morrell@gpo.com.au, MorrellF, security
- Discussion threads 2005-09-06
- Does notoriety and popularity of a product play a part in our risk manageme
- Many of you are heads-down in your budget process now andsome of you are perhaps at a juncture where you are choosing a new product toupgrade or replace an existing hardware or software system. When choosing to upgrade or replace, there are many thingsto consider: price, functionality, how it fits...
- Tags: attack, Microsoft Corp., software
- Blog posts 2006-04-09
- Can sombody help me
- It may be in the wrong section but i didnt know where els to put it.Well i have to do this diploma job in university and i realy need a subject on which to write this job.Can somebody suggest some subjects on which to writeDo you mean for a research...
- Tags: Cheers Col, computer, mihkel183@..., Post Grad
- Q&A 2006-01-04
- Database Optimization: Tweaking Oracle SQL performance parameters
- Oracle Corporation has invested millions of dollars in making the cost-based SQL optimizer CBO one of the most sophisticated tools ever created. The job of the CBO is to always choose the most optimal execution plan for any SQL statement.However, there are some things that the CBO cannot detect, which...
- Tags: Programming languages, Databases, performance, database, Donald Burleson, optimizer_index_cost_adj, CBO, Oracle Corp., full-table scan
- Technical articles 2004-01-26
- Should IT know it all?
- I have built or rebuilt all the PC's for my company at one time or another with the operating system and software packages. There have been many times when employees have asked me questions about how to use these software packages. I'm somewhat familiar with MS Excel and Word although...
- Tags: jterry@..., software, program knowledge, hardware, job
- Discussion threads 2006-05-10
- Wacky Linux Part 10: Mea culpa
- In our last episode, I outlined my clumsy solution to an Ubuntu 5.10 driver/permissions problem, then railed against being innately locked out of the Ubuntu root account. I presumed that Ubuntu had a crossed wire during the install--probably missed due to my preoccupation with the driver...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, E-mail, Software, Online Communications, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-02-14
- Outrage over Germany's plan for "policeware"
- You might recall that we ran a story about two months ago on a CNET News.com survey. In Warning: Police spyware detected!, News.com approached various antispyware vendors on their willingness to hide police-sanctioned spyware, or "policeware." As noted in the article, the impromptus for the...
- Tags: Ars Technica, Germany, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-09-03
- Dangers of replying to email and having statements misconstrued
- I got into a heated argument with someone who ccd' me on an email and I responded with my feedback and assesment of an ongoing technical issue. Even though some problems were solved, the overall problem still exists. Somehow, my statement was misconstrued and taken out of context...
- Tags: Big Ole Jack, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- The best of Landgrave's View
- Every week, Tim Landgrave writes about current issues that affect the technology sector. With his many years of experience in both starting up and growing several technology-based businesses, Tim has created quite a following on TechRepublic. As a bonus edition to Landgrave’s View, we have decided to feature some of...
- Tags: e Advantage, Novell Inc., storage, Tim Landgrave, Web, Web service
- Technical articles 2003-04-01
- Are bloggers destroying journalism as we know it?
- The founder of Audiocafe has started a brush fire in the blogosphere with his comments about bloggers being "intellectual yahoos and digital thieves." His views, which appear to be antithetical to those of most people in Silicon Valley, are admittedly "not designed to be particularly fair or balanced." The hyperbolic...
- Tags: Journalism, Media, Blog, Technology, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- John Thompson places his wager
- John Thompson places his wagerarticle rootJohn Thompson places his wagerSymantec CEO John Thompson is gambling big with his company's planned acquisition of Veritas, as the deal represents the largest merger of software vendors in history. If he pulls it off, Thompson will be head of a software company rivaling Microsoft,...
- Tags: industry, John Thompson, merger, Microsoft Corp., software, Symantec Corp., The Trivia Geek, wager
- Discussion threads 2004-12-17
- A clash of personalities doesn't doom a team
- Should you care if your employees don't like you? Maybe not. Find out how giving your team a fair shake and getting the issues out in the open can overcome personality differences and head off future conflict.I realize that I’m flying in the face of conventional management wisdom by suggesting...
- Tags: Team management, Performance management, Matthew Osborn, team, job
- Technical articles 2002-09-24
- Do you still have a "twinkle" in your eye for cool technology?
- A colleague of mine made a comment yesterday that I have heard a number of times from long-time IT veterans who have become CIOs. The comment was, "I've been in this business too long to be impressed by technology." I started thinking about what this meant about someone who is...
- Tags: motivation, Leadership
- Blog posts 2007-07-22
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