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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petersson, Gustav Jakob, editor.

Breul, Jonathan D., editor.

Series:

Comparative policy evaluation series ; v. 24.

Comparative policy evaluation series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big data--Social aspects.

Big data.

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Quantitative research.

Evaluation research (Social action programs).

Policy sciences--Statistical methods.

Policy sciences.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

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. While private companies are using this macroscopic tool, policy-makers and evaluators have been slower to adopt big data to make and evaluate public policy. Cyber Society, Big Data, and Evaluation shows ways big data is now being used in policy evaluation and discusses how it will transform the role of evaluators in the future. Arguing that big data will play a permanent and growing role in policy evaluation, especially since results may be delivered almost in real time, the contributors declare that the evaluation community must rise to the challenge or risk being marginalized. This volume suggests that evaluators must redefine their tools in relation to big data, obtain competencies necessary to work with it, and collaborate with professionals already experienced in using big data. By adding evaluators' expertise, for example, in theory driven evaluation, using repositories, making value judgements, and applying findings, policy-makers and evaluators can come to make better-informed decisions and policies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Cyber society, big data, and evaluation : an introduction / Gustav Jakob Petersson, Frans Leeuw, Jonathan Breul, and H.B.M. Leeuw

What is big data? / Frédéric Lefebvre-Naré, Sebastian Lemire, and Gustav Jakob Petersson

The current use of big data in evaluation / Steven Højlund, 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 Norén

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cyber society, big data, and evaluation.

ISBN:

9781412864367

1412864364

OCLC:

952387582