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Expand Up @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ labelling (treatment, outcome) pairs as follows:
.. image:: ./img/transformed_outcome_small.png
:align: center

The beauty of this transformation is that, in expectation,
The beauty of this transformation is that, in expectation (Using Law of Total Expectation),

.. math:: E[Y^{*}] = P(Y | W=1) - P(Y | W=0),
.. math:: E[Y^{*}] = P(Y =1 | W=1) - P(Y =1 | W=0),

or uplift. Any algorithm trained to predict :math:`Y^{*}`, then, gives a
prediction of uplift.
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