Cyber Society, Big Data, and Evaluation - Comparative Policy Evaluation

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan D. Breul, Gustav Jakob Petersson Klappentext We are living in a cyber society. Mobile devices, social media, the Internet, crime cameras, and other diverse sources can be pulled together to form massive datasets, known as big data, which make it possible to learn things we could not begin to comprehend otherwise. Zusammenfassung We are living in a cyber society. Mobile devices, social media, the Internet, crime cameras, and other diverse sources can be pulled together to form massive datasets, known as big data, which make it possible to learn things we could not begin to comprehend otherwise. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Cyber Society, Big Data, and Evaluation: An Introduction 2. What Is Big Data? 3. The Current Use of Big Data in Evaluation 4. Getting Started with Big Data: The Promises and Challenges of Evaluating Health-Care Quality 5. Big Data, Real-World Events, and Evaluations 6. Using Big Data to Study Digital Piracy and the Copyright Alert System 7. Protecting America’s Biggest Sporting Spectacle 8. Keeping Traffic and Transit Passengers Moving — The Use of Big Data 9. Exploring Big (Data) Opportunities: The Case of the Center for Innovation through Data Intelligence (CIDI), New York City 10. Using “Big Data” for Equity-Focused Evaluation— Understanding and Utilizing the Dynamics of Data Ecosystems 11. Real-Time Monitoring and Evaluation—Emerging News as Predictive Process Using Big Data-Based Approach 12. Big Bang or Big Bust? The Role and Implications of Big Data in Evaluation 13. Cyber Society, Big Data, and Evaluation: A Future Perspective Contributors Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jonathan D. Breul, Caroline Heider, Gustav Jakob Peterson, Gustav Jakob Petersson, Gustav Jakob (EDT)/ Breul Petersson
• Collaboration: Jonathan D. Breul (Editeur), Breul Jonathan D. (Editeur), Gustav Jakob Petersson (Editeur), Petersson Gustav Jakob (Editeur)
• Edition: Transaction Publishers
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781412864367
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-6436-7
• Pages: 218
• Thèmes: Comparative Policy Evaluation; Comparative Policy Evaluation
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Informatique, ordinateurs > Informatique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Général, dictionnaires; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Public Administration, Information technology: general issues, Databases, Information technology: general topics, COMPUTERS / Database Administration & Management, Digital and Information technology: general topics, Databases / Data management