Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub7
Big Data and Official Statistics

Big Data and Official Statistics

Steve MacFeely
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781522570776|ISBN10: 1522570772|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522587019|EISBN13: 9781522570783
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7077-6.ch002
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

MacFeely, Steve. "Big Data and Official Statistics." Big Data Governance and Perspectives in Knowledge Management, edited by Sheryl Kruger Strydom and Moses Strydom, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 25-54. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7077-6.ch002

APA

MacFeely, S. (2019). Big Data and Official Statistics. In S. Strydom & M. Strydom (Eds.), Big Data Governance and Perspectives in Knowledge Management (pp. 25-54). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7077-6.ch002

Chicago

MacFeely, Steve. "Big Data and Official Statistics." In Big Data Governance and Perspectives in Knowledge Management, edited by Sheryl Kruger Strydom and Moses Strydom, 25-54. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7077-6.ch002

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

Over recent years, the potential of big data for government, for business, for society has excited much comment, debate, and even evangelism. But are big data really the panacea to all our data problems or is this just hype and hubris? This is the question facing official statisticians: Are big data worth the investment of time and resources? While the statistical possibilities appear endless, big data also present enormous challenges and potential pitfalls: legal, ethical, technical, and reputational. This chapter examines the opportunities and challenges presented by big data and also discusses some governance issues arising for official statistics.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.