April 2, 2014

Big data: are we making a big mistake?

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Just a quick pointer to a nice opinion piece by the Financial Times’ “Undercover Economist” and star of BBC Radio 4’s excellent “More or Less” podcast, Tim Harford. Tim very nicely argues that in the hype over big data, stories of the failures of simplistic, correlation driven approaches rarely get airtime, and hence we get a misleading impression about the efficacy of these techniques.

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James Curran's interests are in statistical problems in forensic science. He consults with forensic agencies in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He produces and maintains expert systems software for the interpretation of evidence. He has experience as an expert witness in DNA and glass evidence, appearing in courts in the United States and Australia. He has very strong interests in statistical computing, and in automation projects. See all posts by James Curran »

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    sammie jia

    big data now becomes a gimmick for software companies and computer companies to sell their big data capable products, also, for university to sell their big data degree

    10 years ago