November 2017
Beginner to intermediate
366 pages
7h 59m
English
Conviction is a measure to ascertain the direction of the rule. Unlike lift, conviction is sensitive to the rule direction. Conviction (A => B) is not the same as conviction (B => A).
For a rule A => B:
conviction ( A => B) = 1 - support(B) / 1 - confidence( A => B)
Conviction, with the sense of its direction, gives us a hint that targeting the customers of Organic Hass Avocado to cross-sell will yield more sales of Bag of Organic Bananas rather than the other way round.
Thus, using lift, leverage, and conviction, we have provided all the empirical details to our retailer to design his cross-selling campaign. In our case, we have recommended the top 10 rules to the retailer based on leverage. To provide the results more intuitively ...
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