Data Snooping, Dredging and Fishing: The Dark Side of Data Mining, A SIGKDD99 Panel Report

D. Jensen (2000). Data snooping, dredging and fishing: The dark side of data mining, A SIGKDD99 panel report. ACM SIGKDD Explorations 1(2): 52-54.

Abstract

It is unusual for a conference to publicize the "dark side" of its topic, but KDD99 did just that. A panel at the conference, entitled "Data Snooping, Dredging and Fishing: The Dark Side of Data Mining," dealt with some pitfalls of data mining and how to avoid them. The panel was organized by Halbert White, Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. In addition to White, panelists included Edward Leamer, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and David Jensen, Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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