5. 破晓

1）“并使用计算机模拟数据创造幻想中的足球队”——Interview with Sebastián Díaz and his colleague, Phil Ice, November 2013.该研究项目启动后，迪亚兹博士便获提名为美国公立大学系统（American Public University System, APUS）市场分析处副处长。项目名为“预测分析报告”（Predictive Analytics Reporting, PAR），主要研究者为Phil Ice博士。See Phil Ice et al., “The PAR Framework Proof of Concept: Initial Finding from a Multi-Institutional Analysis of Federated Postsecondary Data,” Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks 16, no. 3（June 2012）, http://sloanconsortium.org/jaln/v16n3/par-framework-proof-concept-initial-findings-multi-institutional-analysis-federated-posts.

2）“可供分析的变量也达到了33个”——Beth Davis, Sandy Daston, Dave Becher, and Jonathan Sherrill, 3 Million Course Records Walk Into an IRB Meeting: PAR——How We Did It（Boulder, CO: WCET, October 2011）, http://wcet.wiche.edu/wcet/docs/par/3MillionCourseRecordsPAR.pdf

3）“但是这些研究结果对于公共政策将产生重大的影响”——Paul Fain, “Using Big Data to Predict Online Student Success,”Inside Higher Ed, February 1, 2012, http://www.insidehighered.com/print/news/2012/02/01/using-big-data-predict-online-student-success?width=775&height=500&iframe=true.

4）“是为了创造‘一个自动化的私人教师’”——David Rowan, “Online Education Is Redefining Learning Itself, Says Khan Academy Founder,”Wired UK, August 27, 2013, http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/08/start/reboot-the-teacher.

5）“大数据时代将是一个不断学习、不断完善我们对世界的认知的时代”——在大数据领域，有种很流行的贝叶斯统计法（Bayesian statistics），讲的是我们能够不断从新增的资料中学习，这与我们这里所说的颇为类似。

6）“想象力比知识更重要”——“What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck,” Saturday Evening Post, October 26, 1929, http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/what_life_means_to_einstein.pdf.