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These problems definitely are not specific to big data. They apply to statistics in general. The author is right, though--many people tend to be overly ready to
by jkraker 10y ago
These problems definitely are not specific to big data. They apply to statistics in general. The author is right, though--many people tend to be overly ready to draw overly confident conclusions from their analysis of big data just because...big data.
- kyrra 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statist... Statistics are there to answer a specific question, and even then it is going to be wrong when your data is incomplete or you ask a question of your data that it can't answer properly.