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Re:Artificial data give the same results as real data withou... by michaelscott on Monday March 19, 2018 @07:40AM (#16617665)
But the artificial data must come from somewhere? It can be modeled from real data in order to take into account outliers and to avoid cognitive biases in generation, but then there's still an initial reliance on the real data.
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Re:Artificial data give the same results as real data withou... by function_seven on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:14PM (#16619532)
Yeah, the real data's properties are what are under study, so the artificial data needs to mimic it.
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