Financial and business terms. 2012.
Customer attrition — Customer attrition, also known as customer churn, customer turnover, or customer defection, is a business term used to describe loss of clients or customers. Banks, telephone service companies, Internet service providers, pay TV companies,… … Wikipedia
War of attrition (game) — In game theory, the war of attrition is a model of aggression in which two contestants compete for a resource of value V by persisting while constantly accumulating costs over the time t that the contest lasts. The model was originally formulated … Wikipedia
event-history analysis — A form of longitudinal study in which the unit of enquiry is not the individual or social group but the socially significant event, for example, change of occupation, spell of unemployment, change of marital status, or other significant life… … Dictionary of sociology
decay analysis — Statistical analysis of the rate of attrition. Decay analysis is used to analyze historical volatility of core deposit volumes, specifically rates for withdrawals and account closures. Deposit decay rates should be calculated by tracking a… … Financial and business terms
Central Intelligence Agency — CIA redirects here. For other uses, see CIA (disambiguation). Central Intelligence Agency Official Seal of the CIA Agency overview Formed September 18, 1947 … Wikipedia
Multicollinearity — is a statistical phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a multiple regression model are highly correlated. In this situation the coefficient estimates may change erratically in response to small changes in the model or the data.… … Wikipedia
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
Selection bias — is a statistical bias in which there is an error in choosing the individuals or groups to take part in a scientific study.[1] It is sometimes referred to as the selection effect. The term selection bias most often refers to the distortion of a… … Wikipedia
Predictive analytics — encompasses a variety of techniques from statistics and data mining that analyze current and historical data to make predictions about future events. Such predictions rarely take the form of absolute statements, and are more likely to be… … Wikipedia
Arab–Israeli conflict — Arab Israeli conflict … Wikipedia
