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by Eric Siegel
Predictive Analytics, Revised and Updated
Cover
Praise for Predictive Analytics
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword Thomas H. Davenport
Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition
What's new and who's this book for—the Predictive Analytics FAQ
Preface to the Original Edition
What is the occupational hazard of predictive analytics?
Introduction: The Prediction Effect
How does predicting human behavior combat risk, fortify healthcare, toughen crime fighting, boost sales, and cut costs? Why must a computer learn in order to predict? How can lousy predictions be extr
Chapter 1: Liftoff! Prediction Takes Action (deployment)
How much guts does it take to deploy a predictive model into field operation, and what do you stand to gain? What happens when a man invests his entire life savings into his own predictive stock marke
Chapter 2: With Power Comes Responsibility: Hewlett-Packard, Target, the Cops, and the NSA Deduce Your Secrets (ethics)
How do we safely harness a predictive machine that can foresee job resignation, pregnancy, and crime? Are civil liberties at risk? Why does one leading health insurance company predict policyholder de
Chapter 3: The Data Effect: A Glut at the End of the Rainbow (data)
We are up to our ears in data, but how much can this raw material really tell us? What actually makes it predictive? What are the most bizarre discoveries from data? When we find an interesting insigh
Chapter 4: The Machine That Learns: A Look inside Chase's Prediction of Mortgage Risk (modeling)
What form of risk has the perfect disguise? How does prediction transform risk to opportunity? What should all businesses learn from insurance companies? Why does machine learning require art in addit
Chapter 5: The Ensemble Effect: Netflix, Crowdsourcing, and Supercharging Prediction (ensembles)
To crowdsource predictive analytics—outsource it to the public at large—a company launches its strategy, data, and research discoveries into the public spotlight. How can this poss
Chapter 6: Watson and the Jeopardy! Challenge (question answering)
How does Watson—IBM's Jeopardy!-playing computer—work? Why does it need predictive modeling in order to answer questions, and what secret sauce empowers its high performance? H
Chapter 7: Persuasion by the Numbers: How Telenor, U.S. Bank, and the Obama Campaign Engineered Influence (uplift)
What is the scientific key to persuasion? Why does some marketing fiercely backfire? Why is human behavior the wrong thing to predict? What should all businesses learn about persuasion from presidenti
Afterword: Eleven Predictions for the First Hour of 2022
Eleven Predictions for the First Hour of 2022
Appendices
Appendix A: The Five Effects of Prediction
Appendix B: Twenty Applications of Predictive Analytics
Appendix C: Prediction People—Cast of “Characters”
Hands-On Guide: Resources for Further Learning
Resources for Further Learning
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Central Tables
Table 1: Family and Personal Life
Table 2: Marketing, Advertising, and the Web
Table 3: Financial Risk and Insurance
Table 4: Healthcare
Table 5: Law Enforcement and Fraud Detection
Table 6: Fault Detection, Safety, and Logistical Efficiency
Table 7: Government, Politics, Nonprofit, and Education
Table 8: Human Language Understanding, Thought, and Psychology
Table 9: Workforce: Staff and Employees
Index
The Notes (www.PredictiveNotes.com)—120 pages of citations and comments pertaining to the chapters above—available online only.
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