Analytics stories: using data to make good things happen

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Covering fields as diverse as sports, finance, politics, healthcare, and business, Analytics Stories bridges the gap between the oft inscrutable world of data analytics and the concrete problems it solves.

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Full title :Analytics stories : using data to make good things happen / Wayne L. Winston.

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Publication Date:2020.

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Publisher(s):Wiley
Place of Publication:Indianapolis
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781119646068, 1119646065, 9781119646051, 1119646057, 9781119646044, 1119646049
oclc:on1198927745
LC Classification:QA76.9.B45
Dewey Decimal:005.7

Part I. What Happened? Preliminaries -- Was the 1969 Draft Lottery Fair? -- Who Won the 2000 Election: Bush or Gore? -- Was Liverpool Over Barcelona the Greatest Upset in Sports History? -- How Did Bernie Madoff Keep His Fund Going? -- Is the Lot of the American Worker Improving? -- Measuring Income Inequality with the Gini, Palm, and Atkinson Indices -- Modeling Relationships Between Two Variables -- Intergenerational Mobility -- Is Anderson Elementary School a Bad School? -- Value-Added Assessments of Teacher Effectiveness -- Berkeley, Buses, Cars, and Planes -- Is Carmelo Anthony a Hall of Famer? -- Was Derek Jeter a great fielder? -- "Drive for show and putt for dough?" -- What's wrong with the NFL QB rating? -- Some sports have all the luck -- Gerrymandering -- Evidence-based medicine -- How do we compare hospitals? -- What is the worst health care problem in my country? -- What will happen? -- Does a mutual fund's past performance predict future performance? -- Is Vegas good a picking NFL games? -- Will my new hires be good employees? -- Should I go to State U or Princeton? -- Will my favorite sports team be great next year? -- How did central bankers fail to predict the 200…

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