2016/12/04 by Zheguang Zhao, Lorenzo De Stefani, Zhao, Zheguang +9 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Data Visualization and Analytics #Databases (cs.DB) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Methodology (stat.ME) #Sports Analytics and Performance #Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1612.01040
openalex publication_date 2016/12/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Recent tools for interactive data exploration significantly increase the chance that users make false discoveries. The crux is that these tools implicitly allow the user to test a large body of different hypotheses with just a few clicks thus incurring in the issue commonly known in statistics as the multiple hypothesis testing error. In this paper, we propose solutions to integrate multiple hypothesis testing control into interactive data exploration tools. A key insight is that existing methods for controlling the false discovery rate (such as FDR) are not directly applicable for interactive data exploration. We therefore discuss a set of new control procedures that are better suited and integrated them in our system called Aware. By means of extensive experiments using both real-world and synthetic data sets we demonstrate how Aware can help experts and novice users alike to efficiently control false discoveries.