Comment Good Luck with that . . . (Score 2, Informative) 130
I hope that your FBI has better success with Data Mining than junk mailers. How may credit card offers have you had this week? Responded to any?
These companies are big-time users of Data Mining and your name was no doubt picked as a 'likely to respond'.
I work for a bank that is a heavy user of 'Data Mining'. Often the best we can do is 2 or 3 percent better than 'no mail' (lift over control for those of you in the industry).
If you can build a model that results in five percent response above 'no mail' you are looking at a 'Great Success' to quote Borat.
I think the best approach to finding potential terrorists is ground-level intelligence myself. Just my two cents . .
These companies are big-time users of Data Mining and your name was no doubt picked as a 'likely to respond'.
I work for a bank that is a heavy user of 'Data Mining'. Often the best we can do is 2 or 3 percent better than 'no mail' (lift over control for those of you in the industry).
If you can build a model that results in five percent response above 'no mail' you are looking at a 'Great Success' to quote Borat.
I think the best approach to finding potential terrorists is ground-level intelligence myself. Just my two cents . .
