Characterising Confounding Effects in Music Classification Experiments through Interventions

We address the problem of confounding in the design of music classification experiments, that is, the inability to distinguish the effects of multiple potential influencing variables in the measurements. Confounding affects the validity of conclusions at many levels, and so must be properly accounte...

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Main Authors: Francisco Rodríguez-Algarra, Bob L. Sturm, Simon Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2019-08-01
Series:Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval
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Online Access:https://transactions.ismir.net/articles/24