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Propensity score matching PSM not working in SPSS 27 and Python 3: receive error "FUZZY is not defined"

Troubleshooting


Problem

You work with IBM SPSS Statistics 27 on a Windows or Macintosh computer. You would like to perform Propensity Score Matching PSM with embedded Python 3
Embedded Python 3 is enabled on Edit - Options - File Location tab.
You open your data file and select Data - Propensity Matching dialog. After you defined your model you click on OK.
On output viewer you see no output.
Instead you see below error:
  This procedure requires the FUZZY extension command which is not installed.   Traceback (most recent call last):     File "<string>", line 7, in <module>   NameError: name 'FUZZY' is not defined  
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Modified date:
13 July 2020

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