Big Policy Canvas Research Roadmap
[...] * Specifically, the large majority of big data, from the most common such as social media and search engines data to transactions at self-check out in hotels or supermarkets, are generated for different and specific purposes. They are not the design of a researcher that elicits their collection with in mind already an idea of a theoretical framework of reference and of an analytical strategy. Specifically regarding data from social media, they can be really challenging to clean and demand a lot of effort. What is more, the data elicited from social media could be biased.
Data collected from these sources contains personally identifying information, and hence, researchers must equipped to handle this data responsibly.
Shefali Virkar, 30/09/2019 11:38