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Data scientists turned against statistics
- rossdavidh 8y agoI agree with many of the assertions as to what has happened (essentially, big heaps of data analyzed by black boxes without much understanding), but disagree with the reasons why. It is much simpler, but harder to correct, than that. Data scientists are required in numbers far greater than the total number of statisticians available. Non-statisticians are doing the analysis because there is more data that "needs" analyzing than there are statisticians to do it. So, of course, their understanding of how to avoid doing it wrong, is limited. Proper statistical analysis is hard, and takes time. Getting a proper statistical background is hard, and takes time. We have firehoses of data coming in, and there is no patience for taking time for either one.