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Rob Kitchin: “Big data should complement small data, not replace them.”

Carrigan, Mark and Kitchin, Rob (2014) Rob Kitchin: “Big data should complement small data, not replace them.”. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (27 Jun 2014). Website.

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Abstract

Over the coming weeks we will be featuring a series of interviews conducted by Mark Carrigan on the nature of ‘big data’ and the opportunities and challenges presented for scholarship with its growing influence. In this first interview, Rob Kitchin elaborates on the specific characteristics of big data, the hype and hubris surrounding its advent, and the distinction between data-driven science and empiricism.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information: © 2014 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited: 29 Mar 2017 10:05
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:25
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/71333

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