“This is a perfect example of how Amazon had a blind spot.”
I agree, this was a blind spot and nothing more. I don't think there is enough evidence in the data to show there was any intentional racial bias, but rather the trend in the data created one. That trend being that white people are more likely to have payed for Amazon prime benefits, thus Amazon went where the money was showing up.
The ambitious goal of Prime Free Same-Day is to eliminate one of the last advantages local retailers have over the e-commerce giant: instant gratification.
It will be a scary day for retailers if Amazon can pull this off flawlessly.
Itnever hurts to ask about the client’s statistical and non-statistical background.
This is a very useful bit of advice. This way you can establish the level of understanding of each client so you know how to tailor your results and final deliverable.
Very few consultations givecompletely standard problems, and some improvisa-tion will probably be necessary
Data and solutions will not be as clean as in class data sets.
There may be frustration that more progress wasnot made, or that some misunderstanding still remains,but we can’t expect everything in real life to be totallysuccessful. The consultation will have been a failureif, at its end, the client feels that the consultant wasnot listening, or was not interested in trying to under-stand the problem, or did not know enough Statistics tosolve the problem.
I think this is a great thing to focus on and keep as a reminder for any kind of consulting project. If we can maintain a solid relationship with the client, solutions do happen.