Data Science for Social Good Usecases

1. Fundraising

1.1. Donor-Segmentation

1.2. A/B-Testing

1.2.1. http://kylerush.net/blog/optimization-at-the-obama-campaign-ab-testing/

2. impact prediction

2.1. http://www.datakind.org/projects/using-predictive-analytics-to-prevent-human-rights-abuses/

2.2. http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/163-13/mayor-bloomberg-fire-commissioner-cassano-new-risk-based-fire-inspections-citywide#/2

2.3. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/07/14/warm-calls-enroll.html

2.4. http://www.datakind.org/projects/sharing-data-to-learn-about-homelessness/

2.5. http://www.datakind.org/projects/helping-great-causes-get-funded/

3. impact analysis

3.1. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/08/27/nfp-undefinable-unmeasurable.html

3.2. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/08/20/paths-homelessness.html

3.3. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/11/24/second-video.html

3.4. http://www.datakind.org/projects/sharing-data-to-learn-about-homelessness/

3.5. http://www.datakind.org/projects/uncovering-the-abcs-of-successful-online-mentoring/

4. demand prediction

4.1. http://www.datakind.org/projects/using-the-simple-to-be-radical/

4.2. http://www.shootingstarchase.org.uk/our-care/info-for-families/

4.3. http://www.developmentprogress.org/blog/2013/06/11/could-big-data-provide-alternative-measures-poverty-and-welfare

4.4. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/07/23/cps-enrollment-prediction.html

4.5. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/12/10/mexico-distilling-data-policy.html

4.6. http://www.datakind.org/making-sense-of-text-data-to-help-disadvantaged-families/

4.7. http://www.datakind.org/finding-30000-missing-children/

5. Social Media Analysis

6. fraud/abuse/outlier detection

6.1. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/07/11/world-bank-corruption.html

7. Data enrichment

7.1. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/12/04/earmarks-data-transparent-government.html

7.2. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/07/18/smarter-smart-meters.html

8. churn prediction / early warning systems

8.1. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/12/15/health-leads.html

8.2. http://dssg.uchicago.edu/2014/11/20/mcps-models-struggling-students.html