[R] Confused - better empirical results with error in data

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Noah Silverman<noah at smartmediacorp.com> wrote:
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> So, this is really a philosophical question.  Do we:
>    1) Shrug and say, "who cares", the SVM figured it out and likes that bad
> data item for some inexplicable reason
>    2) Tear into the math and try to figure out WHY the SVM is predicting
> more accurately
>
> Any opinions??
>
> Thanks!
>

Boy, I'd sure think you'd want to know why it worked with the 'wrong'
calculations. It's not that the math is wrong, really, but rather that
it wasn't what you thought it was. I cannot see why you wouldn't want
to know why this mistake helped. Won't future project benefit?

Just my 2 cents,
Mark