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World Service,17 Oct 2014,10 mins

A Warning about Big Data

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Big data has been enjoying a lot of hype, with promises it will help deliver everything from increased corporate profits to better healthcare. While the potential is certainly there, Tim Harford asks if the hype is blinding us to some basic statistical lessons learned over the past 200 years? Picture: Binary data, Credit: Shutterstock

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