Desmond.brennan: data mining

1. The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete

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   Chris Anderson is essentially arguing against a priori theoretical models, rather using induction that seeks correlations to show us the pattern. A controversial but useful approach!
   2008-07-15 to business intelligence, data mining, google, science - Be the first to comment
2. Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart

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   Advocates that decisions in all fields ought to be based on empirical facts/statistics. Apparently this view is controversial ;-).
   2008-06-23 to book, business intelligence, data mining - 2 comments
3. Scooping The Political Pollsters (US election data crunching)

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   More work from social science "data crunching" which is really beginning to capture the public imagination in the US.
   2008-07-16 to business intelligence, data mining, politics - Be the first to comment

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