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In fact, this is the origin of the verb data-mining: to find whatever you need in data. Funny how it changed from a derogative to a respected --or at least well
by stygianguest 15y ago
In fact, this is the origin of the verb data-mining: to find whatever you need in data. Funny how it changed from a derogative to a respected --or at least well-payed-- practice.
- CognitiveLens 15y agoYou are over-simplifying and therefore trivialize what data-mining is. Data-mining is about deriving fact-based conclusions from complex information as an alternative to making decisions based on intuition or ignorance. Like almost anything complex, it can be done very poorly (as in the OP), or it can be done well. That doesn't mean that it originates in mis-representing information for the sake of 'finding whatever you need'.