Big Data and the Assault on Science

Authors

  • Gary Smith Pomona College

Keywords:

big data, big data and digitalization, p-value, large language models (LLMs), p-hacking, HARKing, replication crisis

Abstract

The scientific revolution has been fueled by using data to test theories, so it might be assumed that big data has now created a golden age for science. If anything, the opposite is true. Big data and powerful computers have inflamed the replication crisis that is undermining the credibility of scientists and scientific research.

Author Biography

Gary Smith, Pomona College

Gary N. Smith is the Fletcher Jones professor of economics at Pomona College, California, United States. E-mail: gsmith@pomona.edu. Website: http://garysmithn.com.

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Published

2024-11-17

How to Cite

Smith, G. (2024). Big Data and the Assault on Science. International Higher Education, (120). Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/18447

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No. 120 (2024): Fall Issue

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