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  "id": 2492,
  "title": "Evaluation 'within mailing' confirmation request",
  "url": "/competitions/Raising-Money-to-Fund-an-Organizational-Mission/discussion/2492",
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  "post_date": "2012-08-29T10:53:50.993Z",
  "votes": null,
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  "content": "<p>The FAQ states the following:</p>\r\n<pre>&quot;It is not useful to identify strong clients or packages and recommend mailing<br>those completely, while recommending not mailing weaker packages at all. Each<br>package is evaluated independently, and we will evaluate models based on their<br>ability to separate good prospects from bad within a mailing – mailing is defined<br>as client/package/phase combination. This will be accomplished by identifying<br>the top 75% of model scores in each mailing as “good” and summing the total<br>performance of that population.&quot;</pre>\r\n<p>Do I parse this correctly when I assume the following:</p>\r\n<p>I need to rank* performers in every group identified by a unique combination of the fields listid, packageid and phase, right?</p>\r\n<p>* FAQ states 75%; R example of evaluation states n%, so to be general enough, ranking would be best.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>(edited for misparsed angle brackets and ranking instead of 75%)</p>",
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      "id": "13601",
      "postDate": "08/29/2012 10:53:50",
      "content": "<p>The FAQ states the following:</p>\r\n<pre>&quot;It is not useful to identify strong clients or packages and recommend mailing<br>those completely, while recommending not mailing weaker packages at all. Each<br>package is evaluated independently, and we will evaluate models based on their<br>ability to separate good prospects from bad within a mailing – mailing is defined<br>as client/package/phase combination. This will be accomplished by identifying<br>the top 75% of model scores in each mailing as “good” and summing the total<br>performance of that population.&quot;</pre>\r\n<p>Do I parse this correctly when I assume the following:</p>\r\n<p>I need to rank* performers in every group identified by a unique combination of the fields listid, packageid and phase, right?</p>\r\n<p>* FAQ states 75%; R example of evaluation states n%, so to be general enough, ranking would be best.</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>(edited for misparsed angle brackets and ranking instead of 75%)</p>",
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    {
      "id": "13605",
      "postDate": "08/29/2012 13:11:19",
      "content": "<p>Correct</p>",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 13605,
      "author_name": "fundraising",
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      "post_date": "08/29/2012 13:11:19",
      "content": "<p>Correct</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    }
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