While discussing the plenary talk of Dunson (2016) at the 48th Scientific Meeting 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?

On the role of statistics in the era of big data: A call for a debate

Secchi, Piercesare
2018-01-01

Abstract

While discussing the plenary talk of Dunson (2016) at the 48th Scientific Meeting 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?
2018
Big data analytics; Data integration; Distributed inference; High dimensional and complex data; Teaching statistics; Two cultures; Statistics and Probability; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
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