Disagreement weights not "working"
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:08 am
I cannot seem to make disagreement weights work. Is anyone else having this trouble?
Here's the situation: I'm using a specific data set with some fields that agree and others that disagree. If I change the agreement weight, AW (add or replace), then I can see the aggregate weight for the row change just fine. However, no matter what value I put in the disagreement weight, DW (add or replace), there is no change in my aggregate weight. I've tried positive and negative weights, and I've tried add and replace.
I know that QualityStage is seeing the fields as disagreeing, because I can use the VarType option and set the disagreeing field to CRITICAL and it will automatically put the rows that disagree into the residual file as expected. However, I would really like to just change the weight when certain fields disagree, rather than completely removing them from the matching pool.
Thanks in advance for any insight into this one.
Here's the situation: I'm using a specific data set with some fields that agree and others that disagree. If I change the agreement weight, AW (add or replace), then I can see the aggregate weight for the row change just fine. However, no matter what value I put in the disagreement weight, DW (add or replace), there is no change in my aggregate weight. I've tried positive and negative weights, and I've tried add and replace.
I know that QualityStage is seeing the fields as disagreeing, because I can use the VarType option and set the disagreeing field to CRITICAL and it will automatically put the rows that disagree into the residual file as expected. However, I would really like to just change the weight when certain fields disagree, rather than completely removing them from the matching pool.
Thanks in advance for any insight into this one.