Could Big Data be the end of theory in science?
The era of Big Data is claimed to herald the end of hypothesis‐driven research in favour of sophisticated algorithms uncovering information from huge data sets. But a closer look reveals that Big Data actually enhances the testing of hypothesis and experimentation, rather than replaces them.
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| Veröffentlicht in: | EMBO reports 2015-10, Vol.16 (10), p.1250-1255 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The era of Big Data is claimed to herald the end of hypothesis‐driven research in favour of sophisticated algorithms uncovering information from huge data sets. But a closer look reveals that Big Data actually enhances the testing of hypothesis and experimentation, rather than replaces them. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-221X 1469-3178 |
| DOI: | 10.15252/embr.201541001 |