Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Evan's Background and Journey in Data (0:40)
- Discussion on Synthetic Controls (1:04)
- Evan's Educational Journey and Marine Corps Experience (2:54)
- Joining Elder Research (4:38)
- Synthetic Controls Explained (6:54)
- Measuring Impact with Synthetic Controls (9:05)
- Building the Control Group (12:54)
- Qualitative Context in Data Analysis (14:50)
- Final Steps with Synthetic Controls (16:29)
- Client Analytics Maturity (18:56)
- Outsourcing Decisions in Analytics (21:09)
- Cohesion Between Analytics Teams (24:18)
- Validation of Predictive Models (26:37)
- Confidence in Marketing Predictions (29:01)
- Setting Expectations for Data Science (36:09)
- Evan's Background in Data Comedy (39:44)
- The Journey to Award-Winning Jokes (41:29)
- Creating New Jokes (46:22)
- Get the Joke Book and Final Thoughts in the Episode (48:46)
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