userbee
Re:Most data isn’t “big,” and businesses are wasting money pretending ...
on Sunday May 12, 2013 @10:52PM (#5696928)
"Big data" also checks model assumptions, if only if by monitoring whether or not acting on the information moves a business metric.
Statistics involves inference over prediction, but either one when done right validates assumptions.
By the way big data will sit on your face for days.