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Tim Harford on the The Big Data Trap

Geoff Riley

6th January 2015

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Our good friend Tim Harford recently gave the annual lecture at the Royal Statistical Society and the talk is available via You Tube.

'Big Data' is the catch-all term that is big news for business. Tim Harford looks at some of the most celebrated uses of 'big data' and asks whether we're at risk of forgetting some old and important statistical lessons.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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