[Forum SIS] UNIBO Statistics Seminars

[Silvia Cagnone]

We are glad to announce the following  Statistics Seminar:


Thursday, January 18, 11.00 am

Seminar Room, via delle Belle Arti 41, Bologna


                     Teresio Poggio (Università degli studi di Trento)


Data Quality in Social Research: A Methodological Agenda for the Era of Big Data


Abstract:

The rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer many opportunities to social researchers. Online surveys - the mobile ones, especially - have made data collection a ubiquitous, faster and cheaper process. They also allow respondents to provide additional information on their environment: picture, sounds, geographical position, for instance. Beside online surveys, many data on social phenomena have been digitalized and, in many cases, are now natively generated in digital format. Digital behavior itself has become increasingly important in human life, if one considers the significance of online communications, social media, Internet transactions, and of access to online information and resources. Digital behavior organically produces an enormous and up-to-date quantity of statistical information. Computer scientists and statisticians have created the conditions and the tools for the analysis of these 'Big Data'.
On the other hand, these opportunities in survey practices and in the 'Big Data' domain also pose important ethical and methodological challenges to social researchers. Main methodological issues for online surveys are discussed in the seminar within thetotal survey error framework. A 'methodological agenda' for Big Data is also proposed, mostly relying on the recent report prepared by a dedicate task force within the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).




Contact person: Roberto Impicciatore


The schedule of the statistics seminars are available at http://www.stat.unibo.it/it/dipartimento/seminari-di-statistica-2017





Silvia Cagnone
Department of Statistical Sciences "Paolo Fortunati"
University of Bologna
Via delle Belle Arti 41 - 40126  Bologna,  ITALY
Tel: +39 051 2098213  Fax: +39 051 232153
http://www2.stat.unibo.it/cagnone/

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