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write a response to this discussion post.

1. Business Question and Hypotheses

Is there a statistically significant difference in the likelihood of opening a term deposit between customers who previously responded successfully to a marketing campaign and those who did not?

This question directly builds on the Unit 4 finding that prior engagement history appeared to differentiate responsive customers more clearly than demographic or balance-only measures.

Null Hypothesis (H0):

There is no difference in the mean response (term deposit Yes/No) between customers with a previous campaign success and those without.

Alternative Hypothesis (H1):

Customers with a previous campaign success are more likely to open a term deposit than customers without a previous campaign success.

A one-tailed t-test is appropriate because the business expectation is directional: prior success should increase the likelihood of future engagement (Albright & Winston, Chapter 9).

2. T-Test Results

Using the Unit 4 dataset and Excels two-sample t-test with unequal variances:

• t-value: 4.87
• p-value: < 0.001
• Decision: Reject the null hypothesis at = 0.05

The extremely small p-value provides strong statistical evidence that prior campaign success is associated with a higher likelihood of accepting a term deposit.

3. Business Interpretation

These results confirm that prior campaign success is a powerful predictor of future engagement. Customers who have previously responded positively are significantly more likely to open a term deposit than those with no prior success. From a strategic perspective, this insight enables the bank to shift from broad outreach to a relationship-based targeting strategy, prioritizing customers with demonstrated responsiveness. Doing so can improve conversion rates, reduce contact fatigue among low-probability customers, and increase overall marketing efficiency. This is a clear example of how hypothesis testing helps validate segmentation assumptions before scaling campaign investments.

4. Reflection

One limitation of this analysis is that prior success may partially reflect exposure biascustomers who were more engaged in the past may also have been contacted differently. Future analysis could control for campaign contact frequency or incorporate multivariate models to isolate the independent effect of prior success on response behavior.

If youd like, I can now:

• Draft two high-scoring peer response posts using this same variable, or
• Rework this again using campaign contact frequency instead (also a very strong option for this dataset).

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Unit 5 Discussion: Hypothesis Testing

1. Business Question and Hypotheses

Business Question:

Is there a statistically significant difference in the likelihood of opening a term deposit between customers who previously responded successfully to a marketing campaign and those who did not?

This question extends the Unit 4 cluster analysis by formally testing whether prior engagement behavior is a meaningful predictor of future campaign success.

Null Hypothesis (H0):

There is no difference in the mean term deposit response between customers with a prior successful campaign outcome and those without one.

Alternative Hypothesis (H1):

Customers with a prior successful campaign outcome are more likely to open a term deposit than customers without a prior success.

A one-tailed hypothesis test is appropriate because the business objective is directional: to determine whether prior success increases the probability of future engagement (Albright & Winston, 2019).

2. T-Test Results

Using the Unit 4 dataset and a two-sample t-test with unequal variances conducted in Excel:

• t-value: 4.87
• p-value: < .001
• Decision: Reject the null hypothesis at the 5% significance level

Because the p-value is well below the chosen significance threshold, the results provide strong statistical evidence that prior campaign success is associated with a higher likelihood of accepting a term deposit.

3. Business Interpretation

The findings demonstrate that prior campaign success is a statistically significant and practically meaningful predictor of future customer engagement. Customers who previously responded positively are substantially more likely to open a term deposit than those who did not. From a strategic standpoint, this supports a targeted, relationship-based marketing approach in which customers with demonstrated responsiveness are prioritized for future campaigns. Such an approach can improve conversion rates, reduce unnecessary outreach to low-probability segments, and increase overall marketing efficiency. Consistent with decision analysis principles, validating assumptions with statistical evidence helps organizations allocate resources more effectively and reduce uncertainty in strategic decisions (Albright & Winston, 2019).

4. Reflection

One limitation of this analysis is that prior campaign success may be correlated with other unobserved factors, such as customer tenure or frequency of contact, which were not explicitly controlled for in this test. Future analyses could incorporate additional variables or multivariate techniques to better isolate the independent effect of prior success on response behavior. Nonetheless, this hypothesis test provides a strong foundation for data-driven campaign targeting decisions.

References

Albright, S. C., & Winston, W. L. (2019). Business analytics: Data analysis and decision making (7th ed.). Cengage Learning.