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I think you've nailed it precisely. What is irksome (scary?) isn't the sudden upsurge in interest in data analysis (great! lets for science!), but the complete
by thinkmoore 11y ago
I think you've nailed it precisely. What is irksome (scary?) isn't the sudden upsurge in interest in data analysis (great! lets for science!), but the complete lack of acknowledgement of the importance of statistical theory and knowledge. As the paper mentions, almost all of the new "Data Science" academic programs being created have very little communication with, let alone integration with, real statisticians. Garbage in-garbage out, no matter how much data or how fancy a program.
- east2west 11y agoI submit computer science departments have enough expertise to operate a graduate data science program. Maybe not every CS department, but enough. It is interesting that the actual stats departments do not encompass all statistical knowledge and expertise. More specialized experts in econ, finance, many fields of social science, not to speak of all engineering fields and computer science and applied math. Data science predates modern statistics; Laplace used least-square to ignore "the God hypothesis;" the function-approximation view taken in many engineering fields is just as powerful as the statistical approach.