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Moviepass reminds me of Groupon

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Moviepass reminds me of Groupon

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, explores the business model behind Moviepass, the popular but money-losing movie subscription company. Counterfactual thinking, and understanding consumer behavior are key parts of the analysis.

Apparently Hollywood does not recycle action-movie plots. The data said so, so it must be right

Apparently Hollywood does not recycle action-movie plots. The data said so, so it must be right

It pains me to think how many people have used these keywords to build models.

If you are using Facebook Ads split testing (A/B testing), stop fooling yourself

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, and former director of Applied Analytics at Columbia University, explains why you can't run proper A/B tests on Facebook

Analytics-business interaction

Data sleaze: Uber and beyond

There has been a barrage of negative publicity related to Uber recently.

Dispute over analysis of school quality and home prices shows social science is hard

Dispute over analysis of school quality and home prices shows social science is hard

Most of my friends with families fret over school quality when deciding

Counting is hard, especially when you don't have theories

Counting is hard, especially when you don't have theories

Exploring the data about movies, uncovering data issues