Statistical Distortion: Consequences of Data Cleaning

preprint2012arXivOpen access

Abstract

We introduce the notion of statistical distortion as an essential metric for measuring the effectiveness of data cleaning strategies. We use this metric to propose a widely applicable yet scalable experimental framework for evaluating data cleaning strategies along three dimensions: glitch improvement, statistical distortion and cost-related criteria. Existing metrics focus on glitch improvement and cost, but not on the statistical impact of data cleaning strategies. We illustrate our framework on real world data, with a comprehensive suite of experiments and analyses.

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