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Should we use an LLM or a tabular model to predict customer churn?

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Choose a churn intervention from a fixed outreach budget. Compare the models at that capacity, explain the error costs and decide where language processing could help.

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Case briefRead the inputs, then make your call

Fictional churn planning exercise. A time-held-out set has mature 30-day churn labels; all features were available at prediction time. Each model selects the same outreach population size.

Scenario inputs
Accounts10,000
Observed churners800
Outreach capacity500
Usage rule150 true churners in the 500 selected accounts.
Tabular model220 true churners in the 500 selected accounts.
LLM on serialized records190 true churners in the 500 selected accounts.
UnknownThe effect of outreach on retention has not been measured.

Your task. Choose a model and an intervention pilot. Calculate precision, recall and F1 at the supplied capacity, identify leakage risks and explain what would change your decision.

Choose a churn intervention from a fixed outreach budget. Compare the models at that capacity, explain the error costs and decide where language processing could help.

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