Right About Trump. Right About Brexit. How? In June of 2016, a small social media monitoring company predicted that voters in the United Kingdom would vote to leave the European Union — even though most conventional polls said otherwise. Five months later this same company predicted a Donald Trump victory in the U.S. presidential election,…
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Spotlight on Virtual Focus Groups and Jury Research Focus groups can be extremely helpful in gaining potential juror reactions to an array of aspects of a case. While a small research group cannot ‘predict’ a certain verdict in your case, it will be invaluable in helping determine which values, themes, hot buttons and sensibilities will…
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Big Data Potential for Personal Injury Cases Personal injury lawsuits are often prematurely settled for lower awards than they are deserved. The reasons are often monetary: law firms can be limited in pursuing cases due to inability to commit resources when the outcome is uncertain. Add to this, more uncertainty created when lawyers must rely on…
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Big data companies have been collecting and mining public and quasi-public information about consumer, financial, health, political, and personal interests of most Americans for years. Data mining and predictive modeling provides a scientific process that leverages the statistical analysis of known demographic groups to provide reliable predictions as to how representative sections of the population…
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The U.S. Department of Justice now encourages the use of risk assessments based on predictive modeling algorithms at all stages of the criminal justice process. Criminal sentencing has long been based on the crime and the defendant’s past criminal record. Judges can now consider a new dimension: the future. Predicting Dangerous Criminals Criminologists…
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American Michael Phelps finished in a three-way tie for the silver medal in the 100m butterfly, his last individual race of the Rio Olympic Games. Phelps and two other swimmers were beat to the wall by Joseph Schooling of Singapore, who set a new Olympic record with a time of 50.39. The three silver medalists…
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