Probability of Default Model Validation Reports
About Probability of Default Model Validation Reports
Probability of Default
(PD) models help validate the stability, performance, and calibration
of models with the following statistical measures and tests:
Model stability measures
The model stability
measures track the change in distribution of the modeling data and
the scoring data.
Model performance measures
The model performance
measures report this information:
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The model’s ability to discriminate accounts that have defaulted with those that have not defaulted. The score difference between the accounts that default and those that do not helps determine the cut-off score, which is used to predict whether a credit exposure is a default.
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The relationship between the actual default probability and the predicted probability. This information is used to understand a model’s performance over a period of time.
Model calibration measures
The model calibration
measures check the accuracy of the PD model by comparing the correct
quantification of the risk components with the available standards.
For a description of
the statistical measures, see
Statistical Measures Used in Basel II Reports.
Default Model Validation Report Properties
In order to create the
reports, SAS Decision Manager
must know the input and output variables for the model. To run the
reports, the New Report window requires the
name of an input table. The input table can contain only input variables,
or it can contain input and output variables. If the input table contain
only input variables only, a scoring test must be run to obtain the
output variable. If the input table contains the input and output
variables, no scoring is necessary. You specify whether a scoring
test must be run by setting the Run score code property
in the New Report window. If the input table
contains the input and output variables, the value of the Run
score code can be No. If the
input table contains only input variables, the Run score
code property must be set to Yes.
The report properties
require the names of the variables from the input and output tables
in order to map these variables to variables that are used to create
the reports. The report properties map these variables:
| Time period variable | specifies the variable that is used to indicate a time period. The first time period begins with 1 and typically increments by 1. The default is period. |
| Time label variable | (optional) specifies a label for the time period. If this variable exists in the input table, the report output contains a table that maps time periods to time labels. |
| Scorecard bin variable | specifies the scoring output variable that names the scorecard bins. The input table must include this variable if scoring for the PD report is performed outside SAS Decision Manager. If scoring is done by SAS Decision Manager, do not include this variable in the input data set. The default is scorecard_bin. |
| Scorecard points variable | specifies the scoring output variable that names the scorecard points. The input table must include this variable if scoring for the PD report is performed outside SAS Decision Manager. If scoring is done by SAS Decision Manager, do not include this variable in the input data set. The default is scorecard_points. |
| Cut-off value | specifies the variable that is used to derive whether a credit exposure is a default. The cut-off value is also used to compute accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, precision, and error rate measures. You can use the score difference between accounts that default on loans and those that do not default on loans to determine the cut-off value. The default is 100. |
Prerequisites for Probability of Default Model Validation Reports
Before you can create
a Probability of Default Model Validation report, verify that the
following project settings are specified and that the output variables
have been mapped:
Training target variable
Specifies the name
of the target variable that was used to train the model. The model
must have the same training target variable as the project.
Class target level
Specifies a Binary class
target level.
Output event probability variable
Specifies the name
of the output event probability variable.
Create a Probability of Default Model Validation Report
To create a Probability
of Default Model Validation report:
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Click Browse to navigate to the appropriate folder and select an input table and click OK. The table can contain only input variables or both input and output variables.Note: When a scoring input table for a PD report contains data and one or more time periods do not contain default or non-default loan information, these time periods are not used to calculate the PD measurements. In a chart, time periods that are not used to calculate the PD measurements are represented with dashed lines.
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Scorecard bin variableSpecifies the variable from the input table that contains the scorecard bins. If the scoring job for the PD report is run outside SAS Decision Manager, the scorecard bin variable must be a variable in the input table. If scoring is done within SAS Decision Manager, do not include the variable in the input table. The default is scorecard_bin.Scorecard points variableSpecifies the variable that contains the scorecard points. If the scoring job for the PD report is run outside SAS Decision Manager, the scorecard points variable must be a variable in the input table. If scoring is done within SAS Decision Manager, do not include the variable in the input table. The default is scorecard_points.Cut-off valueSpecifies the maximum value that can be used to derive the predicted event and to further compute accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, precision, and error rate. The default is 100.
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