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Google Flu Trends got it wrong, so what?

April 19, 2014 by Kevin Coogan

There has been a major attack on big data over the last month with all sorts of sensational titles from leading publications. Some examples: • Science Magazine: The Parable of Google Flu: Traps in Big Data Analysis  • Financial Times: Big data: are we making a big mistake?  • Harvard Business Review: Google Flu Trends’ […]

Filed Under: 21st Century Data, Big Data Tagged With: backtesting, Big Data, Google Flu Trends

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