Scoring code files, delineated by the appended
_score.sas
suffix, are SAS program files that contain
models
that use measured attributes to either characterize or predict the value of an event. These models are developed on historical data where an event has been measured or inferred and are generated using one or more predictive modeling processes, such as
Ridge Regression
, for example. The
predictive models
are then applied to new data for which the attributes are known, but the event has not yet occurred. The scoring code file must contain only scores for marker variables and an intercept (optional).