Who’s Afraid of the Big Black Box?: Statisticians’ Vital Role in Big Data and Predictive Modelling

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Kuhn M, Johnson K (2014). “Who’s afraid of the big black box?: Statisticians’ vital role in big data and predictive modelling.” Significance, 11(3), 35-37.

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00753.x

Abstract

What goes on inside the black-box algorithms that turn big data into something useful? The answer, say Max Kuhn and Kjell Johnson, is statistical – so statisticians should come to the big data party.