The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 17, 2017

Quantification of forecast uncertainty via simulation-based prediction intervals. We conclude with an example of our forecasting routine applied to publicly available Turkish Electricity data. They can arise from data collection errors or other unlikely-to-repeat causes such as an outage somewhere on the Internet.

Forecasting 83

Forecasting Modeling Statistics Uncertainty 83

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. Remember that the raw number is not the only important part, we would also measure statistical significance. Online, offline or nonline.

Metrics 156

Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 156

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Editor's note : The relationship between reliability and validity are somewhat analogous to that between the notions of statistical uncertainty and representational uncertainty introduced in an earlier post. Measurement challenges Assessing reliability is essentially a process of data collection and analysis.

Measurement 52

Measurement Metrics Uncertainty Slice and Dice 52