Journal of Information and Management
Online ISSN : 2189-9681
Print ISSN : 1882-2614
ISSN-L : 1882-2614
Statistical Approaches for Big Data
Masahiro Mizuta
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2016 Volume 36 Issue 4 Pages 12-17

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In this paper, we give an introduction of big data from view point of statistics including definition of big data, features of big data. The cause of Big data trend is in the fall of prices for data collection, storage and communication. The remaining problem is the issue of data analysis. Statistics is a leading tool for analyzing big data. There are two approaches in statistics: estimation and descriptive statistics. Both approaches are useful for analyze big data.
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