Quotes About Data

A new ignorance is on the horizon, an ignorance borne not of a lack of knowledge but of too much knowledge, too much data, too many theories, too little time.

We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too.

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

Scientific knowledge is, by its nature, provisional. This is due to the fact that as time goes on, with the invention of better instruments, more data and better data hone our understanding further. Social, cultural, economic, and political context are relevant to our understanding of how science works.

For the most part, cookies aren't dangerous. They were created so advertisers could get a better idea of who you are and what you're interested in, so they could send you ads you're more likely to find relevant.

Science cannot progress without reliable and accurate measurement of what it is you are trying to study. The key is measurement, simple as that.

Reliable data on the outsourcing of American jobs is sorely missing from the debate on globalization.

There is no reliable way to calculate from the number of recorded compliance issues how many Americans have had their communications improperly collected, stored or distributed by the NSA.

There are analytics that can allow players to play better. Will everyone use it? No. They don't think it's necessary. They rely on their feel way too much and they trust that more.

Monetary policy should remain data dependent, be well communicated, and ensure that inflation expectations remain anchored.

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.

It's remarkably easy to dig up enormous amounts of information about individuals, without their consent.

Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its access to Alibaba's resources, data, and all the relationships in our ecosystem, the 'Post' can report on Asia and China more accurately compared with other media that have no such access.

The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they're made things.

I'm pretty much a documents reporter. I'm a public records geek.

Development of a framework for the reporting of cyber incidents between government and industry is considered a priority. This includes the government sharing information with industry and, where possible, providing the research community with cyber-security event data.

Business reporting is not dealing with objects, it is dealing with relationships between objects.

The EPA's climate change regulations are based on compromised scientific reports and heavily flawed data.

Hundreds of data-mining companies sell landlords tenant-screening reports that list past evictions and court filings.

There are a number of fascinating stories included in 'The Human Face of Big Data' that represent some of the most innovative applications of data that are shaping our future.

From disaster relief to representation in Congress, the census plays an important role in protecting Iowa's future.

Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.

Ideal day is a hot and humid morning, tornadoes develop, no one gets hurt, and we get to collect data and chase the tornadoes.

By now, we all know that our every move online can be tracked and traced, and that, ideally, services learn from and adapt to customers based on an artful deployment of that data.