Data
fishing, sometimes referred to as “data dredging” is a data mining
practice in which large volumes of data are analyzed seeking any possible
relationships between data. The traditional scientific method, in contrast,
begins with a hypothesis and follows with an examination of the data. Sometimes
conducted for unethical purposes, data dredging often circumvents traditional
data mining techniques and may lead to premature conclusions. Data dredging is
sometimes described as “seeking more information from a data set than it
actually contains.
fishing, sometimes referred to as “data dredging” is a data mining
practice in which large volumes of data are analyzed seeking any possible
relationships between data. The traditional scientific method, in contrast,
begins with a hypothesis and follows with an examination of the data. Sometimes
conducted for unethical purposes, data dredging often circumvents traditional
data mining techniques and may lead to premature conclusions. Data dredging is
sometimes described as “seeking more information from a data set than it
actually contains.
