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Data Mining

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Data mining is defined by presenting an example contrasting the role of specification search in economics to its role in experimental science. Historical references are provided, along with a short review of contemporary proposals to remedy sources of and problems with data mining.

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    Clinton A. Greene

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Greene, C.A. (2018). Data Mining. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2495

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