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Presentation
Assessment of Model Development Techniques and Evaluation Methods for Binary Classification in the Credit Industry
DSI 2003 National Conference (2003)
  • Satish Nargundkar, Georgia State University
  • Jennifer L. Priestley, Kennesaw State University
Abstract
We examine and compare the most prevalent modeling techniques in the credit industry, Linear Discriminant Analysis, Logistic Analysis and the emerging technique of Neural Network modeling. K-S Tests and Classification Rates are typically used in the industry to measure the success in predictive classification. We examine those two methods and a third, ROC Curves, to determine if the method of evaluation has an influence on the perceived performance of the modeling technique. We found that each modeling technique has its own strengths, and a determination of the “best” depends upon the evaluation method utilized and the costs associated with misclassification.
Keywords
  • Linear Discriminant Analysis,
  • Logistic Regression Analysis,
  • Neural Networks,
  • Classification,
  • ROC Curves,
  • K-S Test
Disciplines
Publication Date
November, 2003
Citation Information
Satish Nargundkar and Jennifer L. Priestley. "Assessment of Model Development Techniques and Evaluation Methods for Binary Classification in the Credit Industry" DSI 2003 National Conference (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer_priestley/14/