Data Science for Social Good Usecases
von Daniel Kirsch
1. impact prediction
1.1. http://www.datakind.org/projects/using-predictive-analytics-to-prevent-human-rights-abuses/
1.2. http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/163-13/mayor-bloomberg-fire-commissioner-cassano-new-risk-based-fire-inspections-citywide#/2
1.3. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/07/14/warm-calls-enroll.html
1.4. http://www.datakind.org/projects/sharing-data-to-learn-about-homelessness/
1.5. http://www.datakind.org/projects/helping-great-causes-get-funded/
2. impact analysis
2.1. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/08/27/nfp-undefinable-unmeasurable.html
2.2. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/08/20/paths-homelessness.html
2.3. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/11/24/second-video.html
2.4. http://www.datakind.org/projects/sharing-data-to-learn-about-homelessness/
2.5. http://www.datakind.org/projects/uncovering-the-abcs-of-successful-online-mentoring/
3. demand prediction
3.1. http://www.datakind.org/projects/using-the-simple-to-be-radical/
3.2. http://www.shootingstarchase.org.uk/our-care/info-for-families/
3.3. http://www.developmentprogress.org/blog/2013/06/11/could-big-data-provide-alternative-measures-poverty-and-welfare
3.4. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/07/23/cps-enrollment-prediction.html
3.5. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/12/10/mexico-distilling-data-policy.html
3.6. http://www.datakind.org/making-sense-of-text-data-to-help-disadvantaged-families/
3.7. http://www.datakind.org/finding-30000-missing-children/
4. fraud/abuse/outlier detection
4.1. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/07/11/world-bank-corruption.html
5. churn prediction / early warning systems
5.1. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/12/15/health-leads.html
5.2. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/11/20/mcps-models-struggling-students.html
6. Fundraising
6.1. Donor-Segmentation
6.2. A/B-Testing
6.2.1. http://kylerush.net/blog/optimization-at-the-obama-campaign-ab-testing/