Thanks! My rule of thumb is to see if my underlying data lends itself to being shown in a scatterplot or histogram; they nicely show that e.g. an average is not "the one true value". But I know that this may not be possible with multidimensional, very large datasets.
Jan 2017-06-17 10:22 GMT+02:00 Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>: > Hoi, > Thanks, this [1] is what I did with it and I use it on Facebook to get > attention to cooperation. > GerardM > > http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2017/06/wikidata- > vs-geonames-first-to-throw.html > > On 16 June 2017 at 21:08, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Perhaps of interest. > > > > Pine > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Chris Koerner <[email protected]> > > Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:31 AM > > Subject: [Design] Design in the Era of the Algorithm > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Josh Clark on design principles for addressing flaws in machine learning. > > (via waxy.org)\ > > > > "The answer machines have an overconfidence problem. It’s not only a > > data-science problem that the algorithm returns bad conclusions. It’s a > > problem of presentation: the interface suggests that there’s one true > > answer, offering it up with a confidence that is unjustified. > > > > So this is a design problem, too. The presentation fails to set > appropriate > > expectations or context, and instead presents a bad answer with > > matter-of-fact assurance. As we learn to present machine-originated > > content, we face a very hard question: how might we add some productive > > humility to these interfaces to temper their overconfidence? > > > > I have ideas." > > > > https://bigmedium.com/speaking/design-in-the-era-of-the-algorithm.html > > > > Yours, > > Chris Koerner > > Community Liaison - Discovery > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Design mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > -- Jan Dittrich UX Design/ User Research Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
