Business Survival Analysis Using SAS

Chapter 6: The Fully Expanded Data Set Model

Introduction

Saving the Expanded Data Set

Include a SAS Code Node

Rename the SAS Code Node

Create a Permanent Library

Explore the SURV_EXPCENDATA Data Set

Running the Expanded Model

Create a Second Diagram and Assign Variable Roles

Set the Properties and Run

Comparing the Results

Introduction

Chapter 5 showed how the Customer-Level data set is expanded during the modeling process by the SAS Enterprise Miner Survival node. In this chapter, the same model is implemented with a data set that has been pre-expanded. If the data preparation and manipulation are correct, then the models produce the same results, as is demonstrated.

Preparing an Expanded data set is a fundamental skill needed to create advanced ...