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SOA PAPredictive Analytics

Associateship (ASA)
3.5 hours (plus 15-minute read)·One case study, multi-part written response·200 study hours
Score 0/0 · 5 MC
  1. PA · Q1
    Written answer
    Problem definition & data exploration

    You are asked to predict whether a workers' compensation claim will exceed 100,000. The dataset includes 'total paid to date'. Explain whether to use this field and propose two legitimate alternatives.

  2. PA · Q2
    Multiple choice
    Problem definition & data exploration

    A survey field is missing more often for young respondents than old respondents, but within each age group missingness is unrelated to the survey answer itself. This missingness mechanism is best described as:

  3. PA · Q3
    Written answer
    Problem definition & data exploration

    Two predictors in a pricing dataset, vehicle age and vehicle value, have a correlation of 0.85. Explain the practical consequences of including both in a GLM without treatment, and propose two remedies.

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