
Frameworks in this topic
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Algorithmic fairness metrics
What does 'fair' mean in a machine-learning model, and why can't we have everything at once?Dwork et al., 2012; Kleinberg et al., 2017; Binns, 2018
Balanced scorecard
From which perspectives do we measure performance so we do not trade long-term capability for short-term profit?Kaplan and Norton, 1992
Chart critique and redesign
Does this chart give a decision-maker a reliable basis, and how should it be redrawn?Tufte, 2001; Cairo, 2019; Gigerenzer et al., 2007
Chart critique checklist
Does this chart tell the truth, and can a reader compare what we want them to compare?Tufte, 2001; Cleveland and McGill, 1984; Zacks and Tversky, 1999; Wong, 2011
Checklist of forecasting biases
Which psychological biases make forecasts over-optimistic or over-confident?Tversky and Kahneman (1974); Kahneman and Tversky (1979); Lichtenstein and Fischhoff (1977); Buehler, Griffin and Ross (1994); Welch (1992); Flyvbjerg (2006)
Choosing a forecasting method
When to rely on judgement and when on models?Makridakis, Wheelwright and Hyndman (1998); Hyndman and Athanasopoulos (2021); combination evidence in Petropoulos et al. (2022); Makridakis, Spiliotis and Assimakopoulos (2018)
Choosing a statistical test
For this question and this type of data, which test should I use?Kim, Kim and Kwak, 2024
Customer journey mapped to data signals
At each journey stage, which data signal shows where the customer is and what to do next?Lemon and Verhoef, 2016
Data-driven decision cycle
How do we base decisions on evidence and improve them each round?James Bell Associates, 2018
Data-driven marketing loop
Through which loop does data turn into better marketing decisions?Wedel and Kannan, 2016
Delphi method
How to reach expert consensus without dominant voices?Dalkey and Helmer (1963)
Descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics
What can data answer: what happened, what will happen, what should we do?Lepenioti et al., 2020
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