Comments on: The Possibilities of Collective Statistical Intelligence http://blog.geoiq.com/2009/01/09/the-possibilities-of-collective-statistical-intelligence/ News and updates from GeoIQ Sun, 20 May 2012 18:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: W. David Stephenson http://blog.geoiq.com/2009/01/09/the-possibilities-of-collective-statistical-intelligence/#comment-839 W. David Stephenson Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:22:20 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=868#comment-839 Even though the discussions could and should be a little more robust, both the Swivel and Many Eyes sites provide (IMHO) the right kind of web 2.0 tools to encourage robust debate over interpretation of statistics. Even though the discussions could and should be a little more robust, both the Swivel and Many Eyes sites provide (IMHO) the right kind of web 2.0 tools to encourage robust debate over interpretation of statistics.

]]> By: Sean Gorman http://blog.geoiq.com/2009/01/09/the-possibilities-of-collective-statistical-intelligence/#comment-838 Sean Gorman Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:01:14 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=868#comment-838 Hi Terry, Good point I think in order for the idea to be successful it would need to be within a social network, so that a person was not anonymous and their credentials were accessible. All peers are not equal and there would need to be a good system to delineate constructive peer review from trolls. best, sean Hi Terry,

Good point I think in order for the idea to be successful it would need to be within a social network, so that a person was not anonymous and their credentials were accessible. All peers are not equal and there would need to be a good system to delineate constructive peer review from trolls.

best,
sean

]]> By: Terry http://blog.geoiq.com/2009/01/09/the-possibilities-of-collective-statistical-intelligence/#comment-837 Terry Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:10:47 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=868#comment-837 I agree - in theory. The strength of academic review is that it's a controlled environment. Therefore the results contain a certain amount of credibility. The internet, on the other hand, is remarkably (and, in my not-so-humble opinion, beautifully) devoid of control. Therefore, any 'peer review' produced on the web is automatically suspect. While a comment thread may, indeed, produce valid information, you stand an equal chance of just getting a bunch of political opinions or trolls telling you how great their Macs are. I agree – in theory. The strength of academic review is that it’s a controlled environment. Therefore the results contain a certain amount of credibility. The internet, on the other hand, is remarkably (and, in my not-so-humble opinion, beautifully) devoid of control. Therefore, any ‘peer review’ produced on the web is automatically suspect. While a comment thread may, indeed, produce valid information, you stand an equal chance of just getting a bunch of political opinions or trolls telling you how great their Macs are.

]]> By: Patrick Meier http://blog.geoiq.com/2009/01/09/the-possibilities-of-collective-statistical-intelligence/#comment-836 Patrick Meier Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:19:44 +0000 http://blog.fortiusone.com/?p=868#comment-836 Thanks for a great post, Sean Thanks for a great post, Sean

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