Analytics Stories: How to Make Good things Happen

Analytics Stories: How to Make Good Things Happen is written so not technical readers can understand how analytics impacts things in the world they care about. Be describing actual situations, the reader will learn about the key steps in an application of analytics and possible pitfalls.
The book is organized around 50 self-contained stories falling into the what happened, what will happen, why it happened, making good things happen categories.  Each story describes the situation and how math was used to “resolve” the story.
Some of the fields stories covered draw from include sports, finance, politics and public policy, healthcare, and business:

• Was Liverpool over Barcelona the greatest upset in sports history?
• Was Derek Jeter a great infielder
• Why are so many first round QB draft picks failures?

• How did Madoff con everyone?
• How can I compare the past performance of mutual funds?
• What caused the Crash of 2008?

• How can urban police departments reduce crime with limited resources?
• Has the lot of the American worker improved since 1970?
• Are the North Carolina House districts drawn fairly?

• The birth of evidence-based medicine: How did James Lind know citrus fruits cured scurvy?
• How does analytics improve cancer treatment?
• How can we predict heart attacks in real time?

• Will putting a product on display increase sales?
• How can we decide when to replace a machine or perform preventive maintenance?
• How did Best Buy turn things around?