http://flowingdata.com/2008/02/04/what-is-data-and-why-do-we-care-about-it-so-much/ Strength in Numbers Wed, 23 May 2012 01:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://flowingdata.com/2008/02/04/what-is-data-and-why-do-we-care-about-it-so-much/#comment-2008 Why Does Data Matter to Google? | FlowingData Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:34:08 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/02/04/what-is-data-and-why-do-we-care-about-it-so-much/#comment-2008 [...] For more on the importance of data, you might also be interested in the ever-going series on FlowingData on why data matters. [...] [...] For more on the importance of data, you might also be interested in the ever-going series on FlowingData on why data matters. [...]

]]> http://flowingdata.com/2008/02/04/what-is-data-and-why-do-we-care-about-it-so-much/#comment-1485 Nick Barrowman Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:07:33 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2008/02/04/what-is-data-and-why-do-we-care-about-it-so-much/#comment-1485 For a statistician, data are observations, rather than opinions, inferences, or theories. Thus they are at the heart of science. We can make scientific inferences, develop scientific theories, and even have scientific opinions, but ultimately they should be data-based. For a statistician, data are observations, rather than opinions, inferences, or theories. Thus they are at the heart of science. We can make scientific inferences, develop scientific theories, and even have scientific opinions, but ultimately they should be data-based.

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