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No they don't. They work directly with underlying estimates of probability distributions, entropy or impurity decrease in machine learning models. Another exam
by micro_cam 12y ago
No they don't. They work directly with underlying estimates of probability distributions, entropy or impurity decrease in machine learning models.
Another example: mendelian inheritance patterns in a pedigree study.
If you know of a good measure of non linear correlation please let me know. And publish a paper in science or nature like the MIC/MINE people did (a measure that has issues in practice).
- kretor 12y agoTo estimate probability distributions, you need data that is non-random. Non-random means there's a pattern. That's another word for correlation. In using those methods you may never calculate correlation as a number, but when those methods find something you still rely on the fact that there is a correlation.