People who do x are more likely to y
May 14, 2012 8:10 AM
I'd like to read about unexpected statistical correlations that begin to emerge when companies or academics use data mining to analyze behaviour in large groups of people. I'm looking for articles/sites that are a little more serious than this (found while searching Metafilter for this topic). More like this (NYT: Target is able to predict that some customers are pregnant before their children are born). Thanks for your recommendations!
And yes, I know that correlation does not imply causation.
And yes, I know that correlation does not imply causation.
Previously, including a great NYT Magazine story on Canadian Tire combining in-store purchase data with overall credit card transactions (they are a card issuer):
posted by djb at 8:21 AM on May 14, 2012
What about Ok Trends? Not sure it counts as more serious, but the "unexpected" part made me think of this post on correlations between first-date questions you can actually ask and first-date questions you actually want to know the answer to. As a bonus they do some pretty nice infographics over there!
posted by ootandaboot at 2:21 PM on May 14, 2012
posted by ootandaboot at 2:21 PM on May 14, 2012
Freakonomics books and the blog touch upon these subjects a lot
posted by radsqd at 9:23 AM on May 15, 2012
posted by radsqd at 9:23 AM on May 15, 2012
Thanks for your replies! I should have replied earlier, but I'm sorry, I completely forgot about this page.
posted by Termite at 10:46 PM on May 28, 2012
posted by Termite at 10:46 PM on May 28, 2012
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