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What is the goal of the predictive modeling in the study?
What is the goal of the predictive modeling in the study?
The goal of the predictive modeling is to understand and predict if patients will show up for their medical appointments.
Why is it important to predict if a patient will show up for their appointment?
Why is it important to predict if a patient will show up for their appointment?
When a patient misses an appointment, it can lead to wasted resources and can negatively affect their health.
Where did the data for the study come from?
Where did the data for the study come from?
The data for the study came from Kaggle, which includes over 110,000 medical appointments in Brazil from November 2015 to June 2016.
What are the main pieces of data used in the study?
What are the main pieces of data used in the study?
What changes were made to the data to make it easier to work with?
What changes were made to the data to make it easier to work with?
Which period of time does the dataset cover?
Which period of time does the dataset cover?
What is the main purpose of the predictive modeling in this study?
What is the main purpose of the predictive modeling in this study?
What is the potential consequence of a patient missing their appointment?
What is the potential consequence of a patient missing their appointment?
What type of data was used to create new columns for a more detailed analysis?
What type of data was used to create new columns for a more detailed analysis?
What did the researchers do to the data to make it easier to work with?
What did the researchers do to the data to make it easier to work with?
Which country's medical appointments were analyzed in this study?
Which country's medical appointments were analyzed in this study?
What is the potential negative consequence of a patient missing their medical appointment?
What is the potential negative consequence of a patient missing their medical appointment?
What is the purpose of changing words into numbers in the data?
What is the purpose of changing words into numbers in the data?
What is the potential benefit of successfully predicting if a patient will show up for their appointment?
What is the potential benefit of successfully predicting if a patient will show up for their appointment?
What is the main focus of the study?
What is the main focus of the study?
