Statistical Hypothesis Testing versus Machine Learning Binary Classification: Distinctions and Guidelines

Summary: Making binary decisions is a common data analytical task in scientific research and industrial applications. In data sciences, there are two related but distinct strategies: hypothesis testing and binary classification. In practice, how to choose between these two strategies can be unclear...

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Main Authors: Jingyi Jessica Li, Xin Tong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Patterns
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389920301562