Codice35/2017
TitoloOn the role of statistics in the era of big data: a call for a debate
Data2017-07-09
Autore/iPiercesare Secchi
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PubblicatoStatistics and probability Letters
AbstractWhile discussing the plenary talk of Dunson (2016) at the 48th Scienti c Meet- ing of the Italian Statistical Society, I formulated a few general questions on the role of statistics in the era of big data which stimulated an interesting debate. They are reported here with the aim of engaging a larger audience on an issue which promises to change radically our discipline and, more generally, science as we know it. But is it so?