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Transcript

  1. HUMAN DECISION MAKING Kelsey Pedersen Software Engineer, Stitch Fix with

    DATA SCIENCE AUGMENTING @kelsey_pedersen
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  9. @kelsey_pedersen

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  12. The future of software development is the integration of algorithms

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  14. How do humans make decisions? What are the limitations of

    human decision making? How can we help users make decisions with data science?

  15. How do humans make decisions? Human Decisions Limits of Decisions

    Stylists Decisions Humans & Data Science The Future

  16. System 1 System 2 FAST SLOW

  17. System 1 impressions & feelings

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  22. 95% of human decisions are made instantaneously

  23. System 2 analytical & effortful

  24. 1737 x 1990 Answer: 3,456,630

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  26. System 1 gut feelings System 2 computations

  27. What are the limits in human decision making? Human Decisions

    Limits of Decisions Stylists Decisions Humans & Data Science The Future
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  29. Human decisions are unpredictable

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  32. Human decisions are driven by your own past experiences

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  34. Human decisions are driven by your own views and preferences

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  37. What is an example of balancing humans and data science?

    Human Decisions Limits of Decisions Stylists Decisions Humans & Data Science The Future
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  39. Inconsistent Judgments by Stylists

  40. Information Overload by Stylists

  41. Biased Decisions by Stylists

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  43. In what ways can data science augment human decisions? Human

    Decisions Limits of Decisions Stylists Decisions Humans & Data Science The Future

  44. GUIDE DECISIONS WITH COMPUTATIONS TRAIN DECISIONS WITH FEEDBACK

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  46. Deciding on one item

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  48. 72% 60% 48% 44%

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  52. Deciding on all 5 items

  53. 72% 60% 48% 44% 56%

  54. 50% 26% 18% 14% 27%

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  57. Client Feedback on all 5 items

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  61. Client Feedback overtime for one Stylist

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  65. All Feedback for all Stylists

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  68. Can humans augment algorithms? Human Decisions Limits of Decisions Stylists

    Decisions Humans & Data Science The Future
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  74. 72% 60% 48% 10%

  75. 72% 60% 48% 44% 24%

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  78. stylists data scientists

  79. What is the future of humans and data science? Human

    Decisions Limits of Decisions Stylists Decisions Humans & Data Science The Future
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  81. System 1 gut feelings System 2 computations &

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  84. Data Science Humans System 1 System 2 Data Science Humans

    System 3

  85. System 3 predictive & intuitive

  86. TRAIN Performance Metrics

  87. System 1 gut feelings System 2 computations System 3 feedback

  88. What is the business impact of system 3?

  89. lower labor cost fewer mistakes from humans greater client satisfaction

    increased keep rate

  90. In conclusion…

  91. Conclusion

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  94. Conclusion

  95. humans data science

  96. @kelsey_pedersen KELSEY PEDERSEN