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What is 'predictive modelling'?
Predictive modelling uses data to forecast future events. In this study, researchers gathered daily emotional data from hundreds of high-risk individuals. By analysing patterns in this data, they built a model capable of predicting suicide attempts and related events a week in advance, a significant improvement on traditional, less immediate methods.
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