The @Economist making good use of @XGBoost in covid19 mortality predictor application. Main writeup: economist.com/graphic-detail… Methods summary: economist.com/graphic-detail… #rstats #pydata

How we built our covid-19 risk estimator

A foray into diagnostic codes, sample reweighting and gradient-boosted trees

economist.com
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My bad: correct handle is @TheEconomist Choice quotes below in screenshot. The write-up is *excellent*. Recommend.

Mar 12, 2021 · 4:20 AM UTC

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Replying to @eddelbuettel @TheEconomist
A very belated thank you, @eddelbuettel. Just started tweeting hence the delay!
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Replying to @eddelbuettel @TheEconomist
It is indeed a good article. A nice demonstration that data journalism can mean solid data science. No peer review but better accessibility (broader target audience) than indexed journals.
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Replying to @eddelbuettel @TheEconomist
XGBoost handle also wrong, correct handle: @XGBoostProject
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