Revisiting data mining: ‘hunting’ with or without a license

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-264

  Spanos, Aris ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data Mining; Data Snooping; Misspecification Testing; Predesignationist Stance; Severity; Use Novelty

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542531877     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780050045119     Document Type: Article

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