Who's afraid of the big black box?: Statisticians' vital role in big data and predictive modelling

Significance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 35-37

  Kuhn, Max ^a   Johnson, Kjell ^a  

^a Pfizer's Non Clinical Statistics organisation ^*

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EID: 84904342104     PISSN: 17409705     EISSN: 17409713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2014.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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