“It is too easy for the sheer mass of big data to overwhelm the sorts of healthy skepticism that is required to defeat deception. And now, with so much of our lives being tied up with giant electronic memory systems,… — Howard Wainer Copy Share Image
“In the past a theory could get by on its beauty; in the modern world a successful theory has to work for a living.” — Howard Wainer Copy Share Image
“Looking at the number of Google hits on travel and entertainment websites from people who lived in PS 116’s district would be data, but… — Howard Wainer Copy Share Image
“It is too easy for the sheer mass of big data to overwhelm the sorts of healthy skepticism that is required to defeat deception.… — Howard Wainer Copy Share Image
“It also makes clear why an observational study needs to collect lots of ancillary information about each participant so that the kind of balancing… — Howard Wainer Copy Share Image