Why don't we just called a spade a spade? In ...

2009-11-16T21:00:02.282-07:00

Why don't we just called a spade a spade? In your usage Testing is "having or showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge" in relation to making an evaluation of the item in question.

Sounds like some wise and sage advice to me. Very judicious and prudent, and just sensible. Sound rational and levelheaded?

But just for brevity let's say I was being 'sapient' in my application of thought on this subject.

Bayesian/Gaussian neural nets only enforce known r...

2009-11-16T14:09:19.506-07:00

Bayesian/Gaussian neural nets only enforce known rules. Bayesian neural nets are prescriptivist.

Markovian neural nets actually learn when they discover a new hidden Markov node.

So what does that mean in terms of your discussion of testing as discovery? It means that using different statistical methods can impead the discovery of the discovery you test is intended to capture.

A test is but one sensor in a decision support network. If the fusion is Bayesian/Gaussian, you will not discover, you will just be informed relative to expectations set when you designed the test.

Take a careful look at your entire process.

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Why don't we just called a spade a spade? In ...

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