Example 77.3 Custom Scoring Coefficients

This example uses a specially created custom scoring data set and produces Output 77.3.1 and Output 77.3.2. The first scoring coefficient creates a variable that is AgeWeight; the second scoring coefficient evaluates the variable RunPulseRstPulse; and the third scoring coefficient totals all six variables. Since the scoring coefficients data set (data set A) does not contain any observations with _TYPE_=’MEAN’ or _TYPE_=’STD’, the data in the Fitness data set (see Example 77.1) are not standardized before scoring.

The following statements produce Output 77.3.1 and Output 77.3.2:

data A;
   input _type_ $ _name_ $
         Age Weight RunTime RunPulse RestPulse;
   datalines;
SCORE  AGE_WGT  1 -1  0  0  0
SCORE  RUN_RST  0  0  0  1 -1
SCORE  TOTAL    1  1  1  1  1
;

proc print data=A;
   title 'Constructed Scoring Example';
   title2 'Scoring Coefficients';
run;

proc score data=Fitness score=A out=B;
   var Age Weight RunTime RunPulse RestPulse;
run;

proc print data=B;
   title2 'Scored Data';
run;