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Title:

Cyber society, big data, and evaluation / Gustav Jakob Petersson and Jonathan D. Breul, editors ; with a foreword by Caroline Heider.

Publisher:

Transaction Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

viii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Big data--Social aspects.
Social sciences--Research.
Quantitative research.
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Policy sciences--Statistical methods.

Other Authors:

Petersson, Gustav Jakob, editor.
Breul, Jonathan D., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Cyber society, big data and evaluation : a future perspective / Gustav Jakob Petersson, Frans Leeuw, and Karol Olejniczak. What is big data? / Frederic Lefebvre-Nare, Sebastian Lemire, and Gustav Jakob Petersson -- The current use of big data in evaluation / Steven H©ıjlund, Karol Olejniczak, Gustav Jakob Petersson, and Jakub Rok -- Getting started with big data : the promises and challenges of evaluating health-care quality / Maria Barrados and Jonathan I. Mitchell -- Big data, real-world events, and evaluations / Frank Willemsen and Frans Leeuw -- Using big data to study digital privacy and the copyright alert system / H.B.M. Leeuw -- Protecting America's biggest sporting spectacle / Jonathan D. Breul -- Keeping traffic and transit passengers moving : the use of big data / Peter Wilkins -- Exploring big (data) opportunities : the case of the Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence (CIDI), New York City / Steffen Bohni Nielsen, Nicolaj Ejler, and Maryanne Schretzman -- Using "big data" for equity-focused evaluation : understanding and utilizing the dynamics of data ecosystems / Kim Forss and Jonas Noren -- Real-time monitoring and evaluation : emerging news as predictive process using big data-based approach / Franceso Mazzeo Rinaldi, Giovanni Giuffrida, and Tom Negrete -- Big bang or big bust? : the role and implications of big data in evaluation / Sebastian Lemire and Gustav Jakob Peterssoon -- Cyber society, big data and evaluation : a future perspective / Gustav Jakob Petersson, Frans Leeuw, and Karol Olejniczak.

Series:

Comparative policy evaluation ; volume 24

ISBN:

1412864364
9781412864367

OCLC:

(OCoLC)952387582

LCCN:

2016030729

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)