Civis Analytics
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Civis Analytics is an Eric Schmidt-backed data science software and consultancy company founded by Dan Wagner in 2013.[1]
Wagner served as the Chief Analytics Officer for Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.[citation needed]
Civis Analytics helps businesses "understand their data, use that data to make predictions, and get recommendations on what steps to take next".[1] Civis works with Fortune 500 companies and the country's largest organizations, including Verizon, Airbnb, Discovery, FEMA, Boeing and the American Red Cross.[2]
The company has recently faced controversy for firing an employee after he tweeted a short summary of a paper by Princeton professor Omar Wasow. The paper, written by an African American professor, examined the effect of protest movements on public opinion.[3] After the firing, Civis Analytics initially released a statement claiming that had not fired any employees for tweeting academic papers, but later retracted that statement and replaced it with a new statement that omitted that claim.[4]
See also
- Data dredging
- Dan Wagner (data scientist)
- ORCA (computer system)
- Project Houdini
- Project Narwhal
- Psychographic
- Predictive Analytics
References
- ^ a b Ha, Anthony (November 30, 2016). "Eric Schmidt-backed data science startup Civis Analytics raises $22M". techcrunch.com. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ Elahi, Amani (July 16, 2015). "Civis Analytics takes Obama data lessons to next level". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ Chait, Jonathan. The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical Age. New York Magazine. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/06/case-for-liberalism-tom-cotton-new-york-times-james-bennet.html
- ^ Mounk, Yascha. Stop Firing the Innocent. The Atlantic, June 27, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/stop-firing-innocent/613615/