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

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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?

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  • Secchi, Piercesare, 2018. "On the role of statistics in the era of big data: A call for a debate," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 10-14.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:136:y:2018:i:c:p:10-14
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2018.02.041
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    1. Piercesare Secchi & Simone Vantini & Valeria Vitelli, 2015. "Rejoinder to the discussion of “Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Mobile Phone Data: a Case Study in the Metropolitan Area of Milan”," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 24(2), pages 335-338, July.
    2. Piercesare Secchi & Simone Vantini & Valeria Vitelli, 2015. "Analysis of spatio-temporal mobile phone data: a case study in the metropolitan area of Milan," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 24(2), pages 279-300, July.
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