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Big data: A big mistake?
Author(s) -
Harford Tim
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00778.x
Subject(s) - mistake , big data , history , operations research , law , political science , engineering , computer science , data mining
Economist, journalist and broadcaster Tim Harford delivered the 2014 Significance lecture at the Royal Statistical Society International Conference. In this article, republished from the Financial Times , Harford warns us not to forget the statistical lessons of the past as we rush to embrace the big data future