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Calcite | Level 5

Calcite | Level 5

Nearest Neighbor - Maybe??

Posted 04-03-2014 01:50 PM (1457 views)

I have a subject school in a dataset - I want to find similar schools to the subject school (say k=30) based on a few attributes (some categorical others continuous). What statistical procedure or equation could I apply in sas to return a best fit sample of schools from the dataset that most closely resemble the subject school.

Thanks!

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SAS Super FREQ

SAS Super FREQ

Re: Nearest Neighbor - Maybe??

Posted 04-03-2014 02:50 PM (1561 views) | In reply to pdougherty

By coincidence, there was a presenation on exactly this topic (choosing peer institutions) at SAS Global Forum 2014. The paper is online:

Selecting Peer Institutions with Cluster Analysis

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Super User

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Re: Nearest Neighbor - Maybe??

Posted 04-03-2014 01:51 PM (1394 views) | In reply to pdougherty

Sounds like cluster analysis.

SAS Super FREQ

SAS Super FREQ

Re: Nearest Neighbor - Maybe??

Posted 04-03-2014 02:50 PM (1562 views) | In reply to pdougherty

By coincidence, there was a presenation on exactly this topic (choosing peer institutions) at SAS Global Forum 2014. The paper is online:

Selecting Peer Institutions with Cluster Analysis