Challenges and Opportunities in High-Dimensional Choice Data Analyses

Marketing Letters, Vol. 19, No. 3/4, Seventh Tri-Annual Choice Symposium (December 2008), pp. 201-213

14 Pages Posted: 24 Jun 2014

See all articles by Prasad A. Naik

Prasad A. Naik

University of California, Davis

Michel Wedel

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Marketing Department; University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business

L. Bacon

Polimetrix Inc.

Anand V. Bodapati

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

Eric Bradlow

University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department

Wagner A. Kamakura

Rice University

Jeffrey Kreulen

IBM Research - Almaden Research Center

Peter Lenk

University of Michigan; University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

David Madigan

Columbia University - Department of Statistics

Alan Montgomery

Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

Date Written: May 1, 2008

Abstract

Modern businesses routinely capture data on millions of observations across subjects, brand SKUs, time periods, predictor variables, and store locations, thereby generating massive high-dimensional datasets. For example, Netflix has choice data on billions of movies selected, user ratings, and geodemographic characteristics. Similar datasets emerge in retailing with potential use of RFIDs, online auctions (e.g., eBay), social networking sites (e.g., mySpace), product reviews (e.g., ePinion), customer relationship marketing, internet commerce, and mobile marketing. We envision massive databases as four-way VAST matrix arrays of Variables x Alternatives x Subjects x Time where at least one dimension is very large. Predictive choice modeling of such massive databases poses novel computational and modeling issues, and the negligence of academic research to address them will result in a disconnect from the marketing practice and an impoverishment of marketing theory. To address these issues, we discuss and identify the challenges and opportunities for both practicing and academic marketers. Thus, we offer an impetus for advancing research in this nascent area and fostering collaboration across scientific disciplines to improve the practice of marketing in information-rich environment.

Suggested Citation

Naik, Prasad A. and Wedel, Michel and Bacon, L. and Bodapati, Anand V. and Bradlow, Eric and Kamakura, Wagner A. and Kreulen, Jeffrey and Lenk, Peter and Lenk, Peter and Madigan, David and Montgomery, Alan, Challenges and Opportunities in High-Dimensional Choice Data Analyses (May 1, 2008). Marketing Letters, Vol. 19, No. 3/4, Seventh Tri-Annual Choice Symposium (December 2008), pp. 201-213, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2392642

Prasad A. Naik

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Michel Wedel (Contact Author)

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Marketing Department ( email )

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L. Bacon

Polimetrix Inc. ( email )

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Anand V. Bodapati

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management ( email )

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Eric Bradlow

University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department ( email )

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Wagner A. Kamakura

Rice University ( email )

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Jeffrey Kreulen

IBM Research - Almaden Research Center

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United States

Peter Lenk

University of Michigan ( email )

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United States
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HOME PAGE: http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/plenk/index.htm

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business ( email )

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United States

David Madigan

Columbia University - Department of Statistics ( email )

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United States

Alan Montgomery

Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business ( email )

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Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
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