top | item 26650218 (no title) nickforr | 4 years ago But without some statistical knowledge, isn’t there a risk of a lack of understanding about the robustness of “what works”? discuss order hn newest splithalf|4 years ago Statistical knowledge doesn’t remove that risk. The extent to which it even lowers the risk is a question that could be answered empirically. RobinL|4 years ago yeah, agreed - a good understanding of the model's statistical assumptions can often help you make the model more robust and also give you ideas for what types of feature engineering are likely to work.
splithalf|4 years ago Statistical knowledge doesn’t remove that risk. The extent to which it even lowers the risk is a question that could be answered empirically.
RobinL|4 years ago yeah, agreed - a good understanding of the model's statistical assumptions can often help you make the model more robust and also give you ideas for what types of feature engineering are likely to work.
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