Predictive Analytics in the Press - Articles About the Book

Prediction, Influence, and the Future of Power
Eric Siegel, The Washington Post, May 9, 2013

How Marketers (and Employers) Know So Much About You
Anne Fisher, Fortune Magazine, April 17, 2013

Should You Predict Which Employees Will Quit?
Laura Vanderkam, CBS MoneyWatch, April 5, 2013

Peril, Promise, and the Price of Predictive Technology
Eric Siegel, The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch, March 22, 2013

Radio Interview: The Hays Advantage on Bloomberg Radio
Kathleen Hays & Vonnie Quinn, Bloomberg's The Hays Advantage, March 25, 2013

Book: HP Piloted Program to Predict Which Workers Would Quit
Joel Schectman, The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2013

Predictive Analytics is a Goldmine for Startups
Martin Zwilling, Forbes, March 11, 2013

The Big Data Advantage Can Republicans Catch Up?
Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times, March 6, 2013

Interview With Predictive Analytics Author Eric Siegel
Phil Simon, The Huffington Post, March 6, 2013

Data Expert Siegel: Digital Analytics Helped Obama Get Re-Elected
Newsmax, January 25, 2013 (this article includes a video interview)

Big Data a Gold Mine for Jacksonville Startup (PDF - see sidebar)
Carole Hawkins, Jacksonville Business Journal, Apr 12, 2013

Predictive Analytics Provides Way To 'Proactively Pounce'
Stephanie Overby, CMO.com, April 11, 2013

The Rise of Predictive Analytics: Inside Scoop with Eric Siegel
Bob Thompson, CustomerThink, April 2, 2013

Predictive Power: Who Will Click, Buy, Lie or Die? - Overviews PA's Five Effects
Beth Schultz, All Analytics, April 4, 2013

Predictive Analytics Unlocks Big Data
Ned Smith, Business News Daily, April 12, 2013

Obama Digital Team Heads to Private Sector (free membership required)
Emily Steel, The Financial Times, March 27, 2013

Best Sellers on Predictive Analytics
Mike Gualtieri, Information Management and Forrester, March 21, 2013

Big Data Equals Big Innovation
Todd Schnick & Todd Youngblood, Business Transformation Radio, March 27, 2013

A Hunch on Predictive Analytics
Justin Kern, Information Management, February 28, 2013

Businessweek's haiku poem about Eric Siegel's book Predictive Analytics
Business Book Haiku, Businessweek, February 14, 2013

Marketers Get Some Machine Learning
Al Urbanski, Direct Marketing News, March 28, 2013

Predictive Analytics: Changing the Game Without the Hype and Spin
Don Tennant, ITBusinessEdge, March 18, 2013

The Surprising Predictive Power of Analytics
Skip Prichard, Leadership Insights, April 18, 2013

Predictive Analytics: Making Data Valuable
Michael McKinney, LeadershipNow, March 7, 2013

Your Favorite Stores Know You All Too Well
Steven Cherry, IEEE Spectrum Techwise Conversations, March 30, 2012

Targeted Marketing In Your Womb, Digital Product Placement, Pervasive Gaming
Marc Fennell, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National, February 26, 2012

Will Big Data and Big Money Mean Big Trouble?
Warren Olney, KCRW (NPR affiliate), April 2, 2012



Reviews of Predictive Analytics by book critics:

Robert Nisbet, Ph.D., University of California Irvine

Wayne Hurlbert, Blog Business World

Jim Estill, General Sentiment

Conny Crisalli, Book Pleasures

Ajay Ohri, Decision Stats

Patricia Faulhaber, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Dan Goldgeier, AdPulp

Brenda Jubin, Seeking Alpha

Helen Gallagher, Blogcritics

See also customer reviews on Amazon and other endorsements



Articles by the author of Predictive Analytics:

Five Reasons Siegel's Book "Predictive Analytics" Matters to Experts
Eric Siegel, Predictive Analytics Times (also on Optimization Today)

Prediction, Influence, and the Future of Power
Eric Siegel, The Washington Post, May 9, 2013

Peril, Promise, and the Price of Predictive Technology
Eric Siegel, The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch

Team Obama Mastered the Science of Mass Persuasion—And Won
Eric Siegel (also on Big Think, Truthout, The Moderate Voice, Business 2 Community)

Obama Camp Reveals How They Scientifically Persuaded Millions of Voters
Eric Siegel, The Fiscal Times

Deathwatch: Five Reasons Organizations Predict When You Will Die
Eric Siegel, Analytical Worlds Blog (also on Smart Blogs)

Predicting Lying and Predicting Dying
Eric Siegel, The Knowledge Exchange

The Risk of Prejudice in Computerized Prediction
Eric Siegel, Profiles in Diversity Journal, May 9, 2013

Preface: What is the occupational hazard of predictive analytics?
Eric Siegel, Predictive Analytics Times (also on Business 2 Community)

Afterword: The Future of Prediction—Predictive Analytics in 2020
Eric Siegel, Big Think (also on SmallBizTechnology and Yahoo! Small Business)

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Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die

Praise for the Book:

"This is Moneyball for business, government, and healthcare."

— Jim Sterne, founder, eMetrics Summit; chairman, Digital Analytics Association

"Simultaneously entertaining, informative, and nuanced. Siegel goes behind the hype and makes the science exciting."

— Rayid Ghani, Chief Data Scientist, Obama for America 2012 Campaign

"Predictive Analytics is not only a deeply informative dive into a topic that is critical to virtually every sector of business today, it is also a delight to read."

— Geoffrey Moore, author, Crossing the Chasm

"The future is right now — you're living in it. Read this book to gain understanding of where we are and where we're headed."

— Roger Craig, record-breaking analytical Jeopardy! champion; CEO, Cotinga

"The Freakonomics of big data."

— Stein Kretsinger, founding executive of Advertising.com; former lead analyst at Capital One

"A clear and compelling explanation of the power of predictive analytics, and how it can transform companies and even industries."

— Anthony Goldbloom, Founder and CEO, Kaggle.com

"Both sophisticated and fully accessible to the non-quantitative reader. It's got great stories, great illustrations, and an entertaining tone."

— From the book's foreword by Thomas H. Davenport, coauthor, Competing on Analytics

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