Sam Koslowsky
By: Sam Koslowsky, Senior Analytic Consultant,
Harte Hanks
The performance of prediction models can be judged using a variety of methods and metrics. Some years ago, I was challenged to arrive at a set of rules that would provide both the analyst and marketer guidance as to how to evaluate results of a predictive modeling exercise. “What?” you ask. “Just look into a
By: Sam Koslowsky, Senior Analytic Consultant,
Harte Hanks
While I have spent most of my career exploring and leveraging data science, and its associated rigorous analytics, only in the past decade or so have so many managers accepted the obvious- that data driven decision making...
By: Sam Koslowsky, Harte Hanks
Data miners employ a variety of techniques to develop robust predictive models. Often, our analysts are confronted with a dilemma. Should we construct one model to address the business objective? Or perhaps, multiple models may be in...
