Seeking Relationships in Big Data: A Bayesian Perspective
Serdica Journal of Computing (2014)
- Volume: 8, Issue: 2, page 97-110
- ISSN: 1312-6555
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@article{Singpurwalla2014,
abstract = {The real purpose of collecting big data is to identify causality
in the hope that this will facilitate credible predictivity . But the search
for causality can trap one into infinite regress, and thus one takes refuge in
seeking associations between variables in data sets. Regrettably, the mere
knowledge of associations does not enable predictivity. Associations need to
be embedded within the framework of probability calculus to make coherent
predictions. This is so because associations are a feature of probability
models, and hence they do not exist outside the framework of a model.
Measures of association, like correlation, regression, and mutual information
merely refute a preconceived model. Estimated measures of associations do
not lead to a probability model; a model is the product of pure thought. This
paper discusses these and other fundamentals that are germane to seeking
associations in particular, and machine learning in general. ACM Computing Classification System (1998): H.1.2, H.2.4., G.3.},
author = {Singpurwalla, Nozer},
journal = {Serdica Journal of Computing},
keywords = {Association; Correlation; Dependence; Mutual Information; Prediction; Regression; Retrospective Data},
language = {eng},
number = {2},
pages = {97-110},
publisher = {Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences},
title = {Seeking Relationships in Big Data: A Bayesian Perspective},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/269894},
volume = {8},
year = {2014},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Singpurwalla, Nozer
TI - Seeking Relationships in Big Data: A Bayesian Perspective
JO - Serdica Journal of Computing
PY - 2014
PB - Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
VL - 8
IS - 2
SP - 97
EP - 110
AB - The real purpose of collecting big data is to identify causality
in the hope that this will facilitate credible predictivity . But the search
for causality can trap one into infinite regress, and thus one takes refuge in
seeking associations between variables in data sets. Regrettably, the mere
knowledge of associations does not enable predictivity. Associations need to
be embedded within the framework of probability calculus to make coherent
predictions. This is so because associations are a feature of probability
models, and hence they do not exist outside the framework of a model.
Measures of association, like correlation, regression, and mutual information
merely refute a preconceived model. Estimated measures of associations do
not lead to a probability model; a model is the product of pure thought. This
paper discusses these and other fundamentals that are germane to seeking
associations in particular, and machine learning in general. ACM Computing Classification System (1998): H.1.2, H.2.4., G.3.
LA - eng
KW - Association; Correlation; Dependence; Mutual Information; Prediction; Regression; Retrospective Data
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/269894
ER -
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