SAS A00-240 Exam - Topic 5 Question 79 Discussion

Actual exam question for SAS's A00-240 exam

Question #: 79
Topic #: 5

Assume a $10 cost for soliciting a non-responder and a $200 profit for soliciting a responder. The logistic regression model gives a probability score named P_R on a SAS data set called VALID. The VALID data set contains the responder variable Pinch, a 1/0 variable coded as 1 for responder. Customers will be solicited when their probability score is more than 0.05.

Which SAS program computes the profit for each customer in the data set VALID?

AOption A

BOption B

COption C

DOption D

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Suggested Answer: C

by Chauncey at Dec 26, 2023, 07:50 PM

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Stephaine

5 months ago

Option B looks like the right choice!

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Raylene

5 months ago

Is 0.05 really the best threshold? Seems low to me.

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Joanna

5 months ago

Wait, how do we account for the costs in the model?

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Levi

6 months ago

Totally agree, those numbers make sense!

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Iluminada

6 months ago

Profit = $200 for responders, $10 for non-responders.

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Stefanie

6 months ago

I feel like Option C might be the right choice, but I’m a bit uncertain about how the profit is being calculated in each option.

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Carin

6 months ago

I think the profit calculation should consider both the cost of soliciting and the profit from responders, but I can't recall the exact syntax for that in SAS.

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Jesusa

6 months ago

This question reminds me of a similar practice problem where we had to compute costs and profits based on different thresholds. I think we need to focus on the conditions for soliciting customers.

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Letha

7 months ago

I remember that we need to calculate profit based on the responder variable and the probability score, but I'm not sure which option correctly implements that logic.

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Willard

7 months ago

I'm not totally sure about this one. The question is a bit vague on the details of how to actually implement the profit calculation. I'll need to review the lecture notes and examples to make sure I'm approaching this the right way.

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Nana

7 months ago

Okay, I think I've got this. We need to create a new variable that checks if the probability score P_R is greater than 0.05, and if so, calculate the profit as $200 minus the $10 solicitation cost. Then we output that profit value to the VALID data set. Seems pretty straightforward!

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Glendora

7 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused about how to actually compute the profit for each customer. Do we need to use some kind of conditional logic to determine if the customer is a responder or not? And what's the deal with that 0.05 probability threshold?

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Lennie

7 months ago

This looks like a straightforward problem about computing profit based on a logistic regression model. I think I can handle this by creating a new variable that calculates the profit for each customer and then outputting that to the VALID data set.

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Allene

7 months ago

Alright, let's do this! I think the key is to use an IF-THEN statement to check the P_R value against the 0.05 threshold, and then calculate the profit accordingly. Shouldn't be too hard to put together a SAS program that does that.

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Alex

7 months ago

Hmm, this one seems a bit tricky. I'll need to think through the Palo Alto Networks cloud-delivered security services to figure out the right two options.

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Ahmed

7 months ago

Okay, let's see here. The question is asking about the service being exploited, so I'll need to look for any specific service-related information in the log extract.

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Lai

7 months ago

Wasn't there a practice question similar to this one about IPv6 ACLs where we had to allow established connections? It might be relevant here too.

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Margart

7 months ago

Oof, this is a tough one. I'm a bit torn between A and D. Both could indicate integrity issues, but I think A might be the stronger choice since it's more directly about management's attitude and behavior.

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Letha

7 months ago

Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. I'll need to think it through carefully. Maybe I should start by considering the different options and what they might mean.

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Daniel

1 year ago

Option D: 'Profit = P_R * $200 - (1 - P_R) * $10 + $1000'. Wow, that's a bold move. Trying to sneak in a free $1,000 bonus, huh? Nice try, but I'll stick with Option B.

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