Modeling Techniques in Predictive Analytics

Business Problems and Solutions with R

Thomas W. Miller (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

348 Seiten

2013
Pearson FT Press (Verlag)
978-0-13-341293-2 (ISBN)

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Today, successful firms compete and win based on analytics. Modeling Techniques in Predictive Analytics brings together all the concepts, techniques, and R code you need to excel in any role involving analytics. Thomas W. Miller’s unique balanced approach combines business context and quantitative tools, appealing to managers, analysts, programmers, and students alike. Miller addresses multiple business challenges and business cases, including segmentation, brand positioning, product choice modeling, pricing research, finance, sports, text analytics, sentiment analysis, and social network analysis. He illuminates the use of cross-sectional data, time series, spatial, and even spatio-temporal data. For each problem, Miller explains why the problem matters, what data is relevant, how to explore your data once you’ve identified it, and then how to successfully model that data. You’ll learn how to model data conceptually, with words and figures; and then how to model it with realistic R programs that deliver actionable insights and knowledge. Miller walks you through model construction, explanatory variable subset selection, and validation, demonstrating best practices for improving out-of-sample predictive performance. He employs data visualization and statistical graphics in exploring data, presenting models, and evaluating performance. All example code is presented in R, today’s #1 system for applied statistics, statistical research, and predictive modeling; code is set apart from other text so it’s easy to find for those who want it (and easy to skip for those who don’t).

Thomas W. Miller is faculty director of the Predictive Analytics program at Northwestern University. He has designed courses for the program, including Marketing Analytics, Advanced Modeling Techniques, Data Visualization, and the capstone course. He has taught extensively in the program and works with more than forty other faculty members in delivering training in predictive analytics and data science. Miller is also owner and president of Research Publishers LLC. He has consulted widely in the areas of retail site selection, product positioning, segmentation, and pricing in competitive markets, and has worked with predictive models for over 30 years. Miller’s books include Data and Text Mining: A Business Applications Approach, Research and Information Services: An Integrated Approach for Business, and a book about predictive modeling in sports, Without a Tout: How to Pick a Winning Team. Before entering academia, Miller spent nearly 15 years in business IT in the computer and transportation industries. He also directed the A. C. Nielsen Center for Marketing Research and taught market research and business strategy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology (psychometrics), a master’s degree in statistics from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA and master’s degree in economics from the University of Oregon.

Preface v

Figures ix

Tables xiii

Exhibits xv

1. Analytics and Data Science 1

2. Advertising and Promotion 15

3. Preference and Choice 29

4. Market Basket Analysis 37

5. Economic Data Analysis 53

6. Operations Management 67

7. Text Analytics 83

8. Sentiment Analysis 113

9. Sports Analytics 149

10. Brand and Price 173

11. Spatial Data Analysis 209

12. The Big Little Data Game 231

A. There's a Pack for That 237

B. Measurement 253

C. Code and Utilities 267

Bibliography 297

Index 327

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.10.2013
Verlagsort	NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	181 x 243 mm
Gewicht	748 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Computerprogramme / Computeralgebra
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
ISBN-10	0-13-341293-8 / 0133412938
ISBN-13	978-0-13-341293-2 / 9780133412932
Zustand	Neuware