tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474498300859593807.post5372411294225006405..comments2024-03-08T02:53:17.969-05:00Comments on Econometric Sense: Culture War: Classical Statistics vs. Machine LearningMatt Bogardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10510725993509264716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474498300859593807.post-51736286979378015342013-09-02T17:13:44.082-04:002013-09-02T17:13:44.082-04:00The permeation of machine learning techniques into...The permeation of machine learning techniques into science actually scares me because of this. Paraphrasing Terry Tao the point of academic research isn't to prove facts true but to understand why/how things are they way they are.<br /><br />Machine Learning has its place in the parts of science where the data is just too messy and/or uninteresting to study but the way its being used now is concerning.dp1080https://www.blogger.com/profile/06656010332760512823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474498300859593807.post-86615914345620525832012-01-06T11:26:19.414-05:002012-01-06T11:26:19.414-05:00Great article! I think a major problem for econome...Great article! I think a major problem for econometricians is that most machine-learning techniques provide some strange implications for traditional theory-based economic parameters, especially elasticities. Do you know of any papers to have addressed this?javagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427725069671113980noreply@blogger.com