Madhu
I work on large-scale visualization and data-science problems. Amateur photographer. Beginner guitarist. Sometimes I ponder on the nature of reality.
Medium member since June 2017
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From What’s the difference between analytics and statistics? by Cassie Kozyrkov
…e them. Data exploration by analysts is how you ensure that you’re asking better questions, but the patterns they find should not be taken seriously until they are tested statistically on new data. Analytics helps you form hypotheses, while statistics lets you test them.
From What’s the difference between analytics and statistics? by Cassie Kozyrkov
A common blunder among the data unsavvy is to think that the purpose of exploratory analytics is to answer questions, when it’s actually to raise them. Data exploration by analysts is how you ensure that you’re asking better questions, but the patterns…