Causality: tougher than it looks, but we can take it on
We like to take a hunk of data, graph one factor against another, demonstrate correlation, and infer causality. This naive form of analysis is appealing in its simplicity, but it doesn’t cut it in the real world. With Big Data, we can identify correlation out the wazoo, but it’s time to get way more sophisticated …
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