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What do ? What we can learn from analyzing more than 50 thousands past projects Roozbeh Davari
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Employing The Wonderful Machine LearningRandom forests:
assess variable importance
Gradient Boosting: More exhaustive Search —> Sanity Check
Logistic Regression: Easily interpretable —> Quantify the effects
Total Cost < $350: if more than $550, 10-15% less likely to get funded
Spread the word (Giving Pages): up to 40% more chance
Post in first semester: 10% more chance
Favored Focus Subject: Art
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Which actionable variables correlate with the chance of Success