MIT 15.071 The Analytics Edge, Spring 2017

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1 1.1.1 Welcome to Unit 1: An Introduction to Analytics 0:44 2018-12-13
2 1.2.1 The Analytics Edge - Video 1: Introduction to The Analytics Edge 4:50 2018-12-13
3 1.2.2 The Analytics Edge - Video 2: Example 1 - IBM Watson 6:38 2018-12-13
4 1.2.3 The Analytics Edge - Video 3: Example 2 - eHarmony 1:51 2018-12-13
5 1.2.4 The Analytics Edge - Video 4: Example 3 - The Framingham Heart Study 2:42 2018-12-13
6 1.2.5 The Analytics Edge - Video 5: Example 4 - D2Hawkeye 2:03 2018-12-13
7 1.2.6 The Analytics Edge - Video 6: This Class 1:14 2018-12-13
8 1.3.2 Working with Data - Video 1: History of R 3:19 2018-12-13
9 1.3.4 Working with Data - Video 2: Getting Started in R 8:09 2018-12-13
10 1.3.6 Working with Data - Video 3: Vectors and Data Frames 9:29 2018-12-13
11 1.3.8 Working with Data - Video 4: Loading Data Files 8:22 2018-12-13
12 1.3.10 Working with Data - Video 5: Data Analysis - Summary Statistics and Scatterplots 7:56 2018-12-13
13 1.3.12 Working with Data - Video 6: Data Analysis - Plots and Summary Tables 7:19 2018-12-13
14 1.3.14 Working with Data - Video 7: Saving with Script Files 2:46 2018-12-13
15 1.4.1 Welcome to Recitation 1 - Understanding Food: Nutritional Education with Data 0:27 2018-12-13
16 1.4.2 R1. Understanding Food - Video 1: The Importance of Food and Nutrition 2:18 2018-12-13
17 1.4.3 R1. Understanding Food - Video 2: Working with Data in R 4:11 2018-12-13
18 1.4.4 R1. Understanding Food - Video 3: Data Analysis 7:42 2018-12-13
19 1.4.5 R1. Understanding Food - Video 4: Creating Plots in R 7:46 2018-12-13
20 1.4.6 R1. Understanding Food - Video 5: Adding Variables 4:50 2018-12-13
21 1.4.7 R1. Understanding Food - Video 6: Summary Tables 6:27 2018-12-13
22 2.1.1 Welcome to Unit 2 - An Introduction to Linear Regression 0:45 2018-12-13
23 2.2.1 An Introduction to Linear Regression - Video 1: Predicting the Quality of Wine 4:06 2018-12-13
24 2.2.3 An Introduction to Linear Regression - Video 2: One-variable Linear Regression 8:47 2018-12-13
25 2.2.5 An Introduction to Linear Regression - Video 3: Multiple Linear Regression 3:53 2018-12-13
26 2.2.7 An Introduction to Linear Regression - Video 4: Linear Regression in R 8:27 2018-12-13
27 2.2.9 An Introduction to Linear Regression - Video 5: Understanding the Model 12:32 2018-12-13
28 2.2.11 An Introduction to Linear Regression - Video 6: Correlation and Multicollinearity 7:26 2018-12-13
29 2.2.13 An Introduction to Linear Regression - Video 7: Making Predictions 6:17 2018-12-13
30 2.2.15 An Introduction to Linear Regression - Video 8: Comparing the Model to the Experts 1:48 2018-12-13
31 2.3.2 Sports Analytics - Video 1: The Story of Moneyball 7:30 2018-12-13
32 2.3.3 Sports Analytics - Video 2: Making It to the Playoffs 7:25 2018-12-13
33 2.3.5 Sports Analytics - Video 3: Predicting Runs 5:49 2018-12-13
34 2.3.7 Sports Analytics - Video 4: Using the Model to Make Predictions 4:18 2018-12-13
35 2.3.9 Sports Analytics - Video 5: Winning the World Series 1:56 2018-12-13
36 2.3.11 Sports Analytics - Video 6: The Analytics Edge in Sports 4:36 2018-12-13
37 2.4.1 R2. Playing Moneyball in the NBA - Welcome to Recitation 2 0:23 2018-12-13
38 2.4.2 R2. Moneyball in the NBA - Video 1: The Data 4:22 2018-12-13
39 2.4.3 R2. Moneyball in the NBA - Video 2: Playoffs and Wins 6:56 2018-12-13
40 2.4.4 R2. Moneyball in the NBA - Video 3: Points Scored 10:16 2018-12-13
41 2.4.5 R2. Moneyball in the NBA - Video 4: Making Predictions 3:34 2018-12-13
42 3.1.1 Welcome to Unit 3: Modeling the Expert - An Introduction to Logistical Regression 0:38 2018-12-13
43 3.2.1 Introduction to Logistical Regression - Video 1: Replicating Expert Assessment 4:04 2018-12-13
44 3.2.2 Introduction to Logistical Regression - Video 2: Building the Dataset 3:41 2018-12-13
45 3.2.4 Introduction to Logistical Regression - Video 3: Logistic Regression 4:03 2018-12-13
46 3.2.6 Introduction to Logistical Regression - Video 4: Logistic Regression in R 12:00 2018-12-13
47 3.2.8 Introduction to Logistical Regression - Video 5: Thresholding 8:03 2018-12-13
48 3.2.10 Introduction to Logistical Regression - Video 6: ROC Curves 7:59 2018-12-13
49 3.2.12 Introduction to Logistical Regression - Video 7: Interpreting the Model 8:33 2018-12-13
50 3.2.14 Introduction to Logistical Regression - Video 8: The Analytics Edge 2:56 2018-12-13
51 3.3.1 The Framingham Heart Study - Video 1: Evaluating Risk Factors to Save Lives 4:12 2018-12-13
52 3.3.3 The Framingham Heart Study - Video 2: Risk Factors 4:08 2018-12-13
53 3.3.5 The Framingham Heart Study - Video 3: A Logistical Regression Model 10:23 2018-12-13
54 3.3.7 The Framingham Heart Study - Video 4: Validating the Model 2:45 2018-12-13
55 3.3.9 The Framingham Heart Study - Video 5: Interventions 1:45 2018-12-13
56 3.3.11 The Framingham Heart Study - Video 6: Overall Impact 4:06 2018-12-13
57 3.4.1 Recitation 3 - Election Forecasting: Predicting the Winner Before Any Votes Are Cast 0:25 2018-12-13
58 3.4.2 R3. Election Forecasting - Video 1: Election Prediction 4:41 2018-12-13
59 3.4.3 R3. Election Forecasting - Video 2: Dealing with Missing Data 7:14 2018-12-13
60 3.4.4 R3. Election Forecasting - Video 3: A Sophisticated Baseline Method 5:46 2018-12-13
61 3.4.5 R3. Election Forecasting - Video 4: Logistic Regression Models 8:00 2018-12-13
62 3.4.6 R3. Election Forecasting - Video 5: Test Set Predictions 4:25 2018-12-13
63 4.1.1 Welcome to Unit 4 - Judge, Jury, and Classifier: An Introduction to Trees 0:46 2018-12-13
64 4.2.1 An Introduction to Trees - Video 1: The Supreme Court 5:52 2018-12-13
65 4.2.3 An Introduction to Trees - Video 2: CART 7:03 2018-12-13
66 4.2.5 An Introduction to Trees - Video 3: Splitting and Predictions 2:40 2018-12-13
67 4.2.7 An Introduction to Trees - Video 4: CART in R 12:08 2018-12-13
68 4.2.9 An Introduction to Trees - Video 5: Random Forests 7:41 2018-12-13
69 4.2.11 An Introduction to Trees - Video 6: Cross-Validation 10:47 2018-12-13
70 4.2.13 An Introduction to Trees - Video 7: The Model v. The Experts 5:36 2018-12-13
71 4.3.1 Healthcare Costs - Video 1: The Story of D2Hawkeye 4:04 2018-12-13
72 4.3.3 Healthcare Costs - Video 2: Claims Data 4:06 2018-12-13
73 4.3.5 Healthcare Costs - Video 3: The Variables 5:22 2018-12-13
74 4.3.7 Healthcare Costs- Video 4: Error Measures 2:21 2018-12-13
75 4.3.9 Healthcare Costs - Video 5: CART to Predict Cost 3:56 2018-12-13
76 4.3.11 Healthcare Costs - Video 6: Claims Data in R 5:46 2018-12-13
77 4.3.13 Healthcare Costs - Video 7: Baseline Method and Penalty Matrix 5:20 2018-12-13
78 4.3.15 Healthcare Costs - Video 8: Predicting Healthcare Cost in R 9:27 2018-12-13
79 4.3.17 Healthcare Costs - Video 9: Results 3:05 2018-12-13
80 4.4.1 Welcome to Recitation 4 - Location, Location, Location: Regression Trees for Housing Data 0:20 2018-12-13
81 4.4.2 R4. Regression Trees - Video 1: Boston Housing Data 4:46 2018-12-13
82 4.4.3 R4. Regression Trees- Video 2: The Data 9:26 2018-12-13
83 4.4.4 R4. Regression Trees - Video 3: Geographical Predictions 5:22 2018-12-13
84 4.4.5 R4. Regression Trees - Video 4: Regression Trees 6:36 2018-12-13
85 4.4.6 R4. Regression Trees - Video 5: Putting it all Together 6:37 2018-12-13
86 4.4.7 R4. Regression Trees - Video 6: The CP Parameter 3:18 2018-12-13
87 4.4.8 R4. Regression Trees - Video 7: Cross-Validation 7:01 2018-12-13
88 5.1.1 Welcome to Unit 5 - Turning Tweets into Knowledge: An Introduction to Text Analytics 0:38 2018-12-13
89 5.2.1 An Introduction to Text Analytics - Video 1: Twitter 2:22 2018-12-13
90 5.2.2 An Introduction to Text Analytics - Video 2: Text Analytics 2:37 2018-12-13
91 5.2.4 An Introduction to Text Analytics - Video 3: Creating the Dataset 4:26 2018-12-13
92 5.2.6 An Introduction to Text Analytics - Video 4: Bag of Words 6:18 2018-12-13
93 5.2.8 An Introduction to Text Analytics - Video 5: Pre-Processing in R 7:59 2018-12-13
94 5.2.10 An Introduction to Text Analytics - Video 6: Bag of Words in R 6:47 2018-12-13
95 5.2.12 An Introduction to Text Analytics - Video 7: Predicting Sentiment 6:42 2018-12-13
96 5.2.14 An Introduction to Text Analytics - Video 8: Conclusion 1:42 2018-12-13
97 5.3.1 How IBM Built a Jeopardy Champion - Video 1: IBM Watson 5:30 2018-12-13
98 5.3.3 How IBM Built a Jeopardy Champion - Video 2: The Game of Jeopardy 2:57 2018-12-13
99 5.3.5 How IBM Built a Jeopardy Champion - Video 3: Watson's Database and Tools 4:24 2018-12-13
100 5.3.7 How IBM Built a Jeopardy Champion - Video 4: How Watson Works - Steps 1 and 2 3:42 2018-12-13
101 5.3.9 How IBM Built a Jeopardy Champion - Video 5: How Watson Works - Steps 3 and 4 5:43 2018-12-13
102 5.3.11 How IBM Built a Jeopardy Champion - Video 6: The Results 8:33 2018-12-13
103 5.4.1 Welcome to Recitation 5 - Predictive Coding: Bringing Text Analytics to the Courtroom 0:28 2018-12-13
104 5.4.2 R5. Predictive Coding - Video 1: The Story of Enron 3:30 2018-12-13
105 5.4.3 R5. Predictive Coding - Video 2: The Data 3:57 2018-12-13
106 5.4.4 R5. Predictive Coding - Video 3: Pre-Processing 2:36 2018-12-13
107 5.4.5 R5. Predictive Coding - Video 4: Bag of Words 2:28 2018-12-13
108 5.4.6 R5. Predictive Coding - Video 5: Building Models 3:08 2018-12-13
109 5.4.7 R5. Predictive Coding - Video 6: Evaluating the Model 4:10 2018-12-13
110 5.4.8 R5. Predictive Coding - Video 7: The ROC Curve 3:20 2018-12-13
111 5.4.9 R5. Predictive Coding - Video 8: Predictive Coding Today 0:49 2018-12-13
112 6.1.1 Welcome to Unit 6 - An Introduction to Clustering 0:39 2018-12-13
113 6.2.1 An Introduction to Clustering - Video 1: Introduction to Netflix 4:29 2018-12-13
114 6.2.3 An Introduction to Clustering - Video 2: Recommendation Systems 4:47 2018-12-13
115 6.2.5 An Introduction to Clustering - Video 3: Movie Data and Clustering 3:26 2018-12-13
116 6.2.7 An Introduction to Clustering - Video 4: Computing Distances 6:19 2018-12-13
117 6.2.9 An Introduction to Clustering - Video 5: Hierarchical Clustering 4:13 2018-12-13
118 6.2.11 An Introduction to Clustering - Video 6: Getting the Data 6:47 2018-12-13
119 6.2.13 An Introduction to Clustering - Video 7: Hierarchical Clustering in R 8:38 2018-12-13
120 6.2.15 An Introduction to Clustering - Video 8: The Analytics Edge of Recommendation Systems 3:23 2018-12-13
121 6.3.1 Predictive Diagnosis - Video 1: Heart Attacks 2:33 2018-12-13
122 6.3.3 Predictive Diagnosis - Video 2: The Data 5:47 2018-12-13
123 6.3.5 Predictive Diagnosis - Video 3: Predicting Heart Attacks Using Clustering 5:21 2018-12-13
124 6.3.7 Predictive Diagnosis - Video 4: Understanding Cluster Patterns 3:23 2018-12-13
125 6.3.9 Predictive Diagnosis - Video 5: The Analytics Edge 1:12 2018-12-13
126 6.4.1 Welcome to Recitation 6 - Seeing the Big Picture: Segmenting Images to Create Data 0:28 2018-12-13
127 6.4.2 Recitation 6 - Video 1: Image Segmentation 4:00 2018-12-13
128 6.4.3 R6. Segmenting Images - Video 2: Clustering Pixels 7:42 2018-12-13
129 6.4.4 R6. Segmenting Images - Video 3: Hierarchical Clustering 7:43 2018-12-13
130 6.4.6 R6. Segmenting Images - Video 4: MRI Image 5:34 2018-12-13
131 6.4.7 R6. Segmenting Images - Video 5: K-Means Clustering 6:36 2018-12-13
132 6.4.8 R6. Segmenting Images - Video 6: Detecting Tumors 7:27 2018-12-13
133 6.4.9 R6. Segmenting Images - Video 7: Comparing Methods 3:41 2018-12-13
134 7.1.1 Welcome to Unit 7 - Visualizing the World: An Introduction to Visualization 0:46 2018-12-13
135 7.2.1 An Introduction to Visualization - Video 1: The Power of Visualizations 3:17 2018-12-13
136 7.2.3 An Introduction to Visualization - Video 2: The World Health Organization (WHO) 1:26 2018-12-13
137 7.2.5 An Introduction to Visualization - Video 3: What is Data Visualization? 4:59 2018-12-13
138 7.2.7 An Introduction to Visualization - Video 4: Basic Scatterplots Using ggplot 8:24 2018-12-13
139 7.2.9 An Introduction to Visualization - Video 5: Advanced Scatterplots Using ggplot 7:14 2018-12-13
140 7.3.1 Visualization for Law and Order - Video 1: Predictive Policing 4:23 2018-12-13
141 7.3.3 Visualization for Law and Order - Video 2: Visualizing Crime Over Time 4:17 2018-12-13
142 7.3.5 Visualization for Law and Order - Video 3: A Line Plot 8:08 2018-12-13
143 7.3.7 Visualization for Law and Order - Video 4: A Heatmap 9:06 2018-12-13
144 7.3.9 Visualization for Law and Order - Video 5: A Geographical Hot Spot Map 8:25 2018-12-13
145 7.3.11 Visualization for Law and Order - Video 6: A Heatmap on the United States 9:26 2018-12-13
146 7.3.13 Visualization for Law and Order - Video 7: The Analytics Edge 1:07 2018-12-13
147 7.4.1 Welcome to Recitation 7 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Visualization 0:27 2018-12-13
148 7.4.2 R7. Visualization - Video 1: Introduction 2:12 2018-12-13
149 7.4.3 R7. Visualization - Video 2: Pie Charts 3:54 2018-12-13
150 7.4.4 R7. Visualization - Video 3: Bar Charts in R 7:30 2018-12-13
151 7.4.5 R7. Visualization - Video 4: A Better Visualization 1:36 2018-12-13
152 7.4.6 R7. Visualization - Video 5: World Maps in R 11:38 2018-12-13
153 7.4.7 R7. Visualization - Video 6: Scales 4:53 2018-12-13
154 7.4.8 R7. Visualization - Video 7: Using Line Charts Instead 5:47 2018-12-13
155 8.1.1 Welcome to Unit 8 - Airline Revenue Management: An Introduction to Linear Optimization 0:35 2018-12-13
156 8.2.1 An Introduction to Linear Optimization - Video 1: Introduction 3:25 2018-12-13
157 8.2.2 An Introduction to Linear Optimization - Video 2: A Single Flight 2:27 2018-12-13
158 8.2.4 An Introduction to Linear Optimization - Video 3: The Problem Formulation 3:46 2018-12-13
159 8.2.6 An Introduction to Linear Optimization - Video 4: Solving the Problem 6:40 2018-12-13
160 8.2.8 An Introduction to Linear Optimization - Video 5: Visualizing the Problem 2:42 2018-12-13
161 8.2.10 An Introduction to Linear Optimization - Video 6: Sensitivity Analysis 6:34 2018-12-13
162 8.2.12 An Introduction to Linear Optimization - Video 7: Connecting Flights 8:18 2018-12-13
163 8.2.14 An Introduction to Linear Optimization - Video 8: The Edge of Revenue Management 2:50 2018-12-13
164 8.3.1 An Application of Linear Optimization - Video 1: Introduction to Radiation Therapy 5:30 2018-12-13
165 8.3.3 Radiation Therapy - Video 2: An Optimization Problem 5:56 2018-12-13
166 8.3.5 Radiation Therapy - Video 3: Solving the Problem 8:14 2018-12-13
167 8.3.7 Radiation Therapy - Video 4: A Head and Neck Case 3:12 2018-12-13
168 8.3.9 Radiation Therapy - Video 5: Sensitivity Analysis 3:51 2018-12-13
169 8.3.11 Radiation Therapy - Video 6: The Analytics Edge 3:12 2018-12-13
170 8.4.1 Welcome to Recitation 8 - Google AdWords: Optimizing Online Advertising 0:38 2018-12-13
171 8.4.2 R8. Google AdWords - Video 1: Introduction 4:52 2018-12-13
172 8.4.3 R8. Google AdWords - Video 2: How Online Advertising Works 5:05 2018-12-13
173 8.4.4 R8. Google AdWords - Video 3: Prices and Queries 2:53 2018-12-13
174 8.4.5 R8. Google AdWords - Video 4: Modeling the Problem 4:55 2018-12-13
175 8.4.6 R8. Google AdWords - Video 5: Solving the Problem 10:26 2018-12-13
176 8.4.7 R8. Google AdWords - Video 6: A Greedy Approach 10:59 2018-12-13
177 8.4.8 R8. Google AdWords - Video 7: Sensitivity Analysis 6:25 2018-12-13
178 8.4.9 R8. Google AdWords - Video 8: Extensions and the Edge 6:06 2018-12-13
179 9.1.1 Welcome to Unit 9: An Introduction to Integer Optimization 0:41 2018-12-13
180 9.2.1 Sports Scheduling - Video 1: Introduction 5:22 2018-12-13
181 9.2.3 Sports Scheduling - Video 2: The Optimization Problem 8:18 2018-12-13
182 9.2.5 Sports Scheduling - Video 3: Solving the Problem 7:52 2018-12-13
183 9.2.7 Sports Scheduling - Video 4: Logical Constraints 5:30 2018-12-13
184 9.2.9 Sports Scheduling - Video 5: The Edge 4:04 2018-12-13
185 9.3.1 eHarmony - Video 1: The Goal of eHarmony 3:49 2018-12-13
186 9.3.3 eHarmony - Video 2: Using Integer Optimization 3:31 2018-12-13
187 9.3.5 eHarmony - Video 3: Predicting Compatibility Scores 3:45 2018-12-13
188 9.3.7 eHarmony - Video 4: The Analytics Edge 1:24 2018-12-13
189 9.4.1 Welcome to Recitation 9 - Operating Room Scheduling: Making Hospitals Run Smoothly 0:24 2018-12-13
190 9.4.2 R9. Operating Room Scheduling - Video 1: The Problem 6:05 2018-12-13
191 9.4.3 R9. Operating Room Scheduling - Video 2: An Optimization Model 4:24 2018-12-13
192 9.4.4 R9. Operating Room Scheduling - Video 3: Solving the Problem 15:21 2018-12-13
193 9.4.5 R9. Operating Room Scheduling - Video 4: The Solution 9:35 2018-12-13

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