The Phantom Pattern Problem: The Mirage of Big Data by Gary Smith & Jay Cordes

Author:Gary Smith & Jay Cordes [Smith, Gary & Cordes, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science, General, Mathematics, computers
ISBN: 9780192609694
Google: Yf7-DwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-09-25T00:29:55.075551+00:00

How to Avoid Being Misled by Phantom Patterns

The scientific method tests theories with data. Data mining dispenses with theories, and rummages through data for patterns, often aided by torturing the data with rearrangements, manipulations, and omissions. It is tempting to believe that big data increases the power of data mining. However, the paradox of big data is that the more data we ransack, the more likely it is that the patterns we find will be misleading and worthless.

Data do not speak for themselves, and up is not always up.

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