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Human Data Science

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Abstract

Most data science is about people, and opinions on the value of human data differ. The author offers a synthesis of overly optimistic and overly pessimistic views of human data science: it should become a science, with errors systematically studied and their effects mitigated—a goal that can only be achieved by bringing together expertise from a range of disciplines. Most data science is about people, and opinions on the value of human data differ. The author offers a synthesis of overly optimistic and overly pessimistic views of human data science: it should become a science, with errors systematically studied and their effects mitigated—a goal that can only be achieved by bringing together expertise from a range of disciplines.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100069
JournalPatterns
Volume1
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jul 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Thanks to Laura Boeschoten, Dong Nguyen, Ayoub Bagheri, Michael Friendly, and Peter van der Heijden for their useful comments. The author was supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) [VIDI grant VI. Vidi.195.152 ].

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Funding

Thanks to Laura Boeschoten, Dong Nguyen, Ayoub Bagheri, Michael Friendly, and Peter van der Heijden for their useful comments. The author was supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) [VIDI grant VI. Vidi.195.152 ].

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