Data Mining: Student Projects
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| Healthcare | |||
| Predicting Delays in the Operating Room | Fall 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Quality-of-care factors that differentiate hospitals in the Northeast vs. other regions | Spring 08 | Presentation | Report |
| Understanding Health Insurance Coverage in the US | Fall 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Finance, Loans, and Insurance |
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| Tourism insurance: Predicting days with unhealthy air quality in Washington DC | Spring 08 | Presentation | Report |
| The Drivers of Decreases in Dividends per Share | Fall 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Profiling Student Loan Deferment | Fall 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Characterizing Buyers of Caravan Insurance | Spring 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Understanding the determinants of mortgage loan approvals | Fall 03 | Presentation | |
| Customer Acquisition & Retention | |||
| Predicting New Customer Retention for Online Dieting & Fitness Programs | Fall 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Member Retention Analysis for the Association of Financial Professionals | Fall 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Characterizing Pilgrim Bank's Loyal Customers | Spring 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Identifying frequent fliers most likely to respond to a mail offering: Project 1 | Fall 05 | Presentation | |
| Identifying frequent fliers most likely to respond to a mail offering: Project 2 | Fall 04 | Presentation | |
| Explaining customer churn in telecom company | Fall 05 | Presentation | |
| Profiling subscribers of a new medical journal: who is likely to renew? | Fall 04 | Presentation | |
| Predicting Customer Churn For A Credit Card Company | Fall 05 | Presentation | |
| Factors explaining customer satisfaction in a computer-based testing company | Fall 03 | Presentation | |
| The effectiveness of multi-channel advertising | Spring 08 | Presentation | Report |
| Real-Estate | |||
| Determining Factors of a Quick Sale in Arlington's Condo Market | Fall 07 | Presentation | Report |
| House Investment: Profit in 30 Days or Less | Spring 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Determining factors that lead to a quick sell of Arlington properties | Fall 05 | Presentation | |
| Comparing apartment ratings in DC vs. suburbs | Spring 06 | Presentation | |
| Comparing the demographics of home-owners vs. non home-owners | Spring 05 | Presentation | |
| Transportation and Telecom | |||
| What drives flight delays between DC and Honolulu? | Fall 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Understanding the Factors Creating a Box Office Hit | Spring 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Predicting on-time performance of flights | Fall 03 | Presentation | |
| Analyzing factors related to vehicle accident analysis | Fall 04 | Presentation | |
| eCommerce | |||
| Characterizing Identity Theft Victims | Spring 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Online Dating | Spring 06 | Presentation | |
| Determining drivers of customer loyalty for eCommerce air travel booking | Fall 06 | Presentation | |
| Explaining conversion rate factors in eBay auctions | Spring 08 | Presentation | Report |
| Sports | |||
| Predicting use of the Sacrifice Bunt in Major League Baseball | Spring 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Politics & Law | |||
| Analysis of the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections | Spring 05 | Presentation | |
| Understanding voting intensions in Chile | Fall 04 | Presentation | |
| Predicting the outcome of malpractice lawsuits | Fall 05 | Presentation | |
| University Admissions & Rankings | |||
| Characterizing ranked vs. unranked colleges & universities by USNews & World Report | Fall 06 | Presentation | |
| Understanding graduation rates of different undergraduate programs in the US | Fall 05 | Presentation | |
| Other | |||
| Which Bank Should you Buy? | Spring 07 | Presentation | Report |
| Classification of sales opportunities for a software company | Fall 05 | Presentation | |
| Examining Telecommunications firm’s ability to provision circuits | Fall 05 | Presentation | |
| Comparing operating differences of male and female CEOs | Fall 03 | Presentation | |
| Comparing US employee profiles in the private and public sectors | Spring 08 | Presentation | Report |