Big data:bridging the qualitative/quantitative divide

Elliott, Jane (2016) Big data:bridging the qualitative/quantitative divide. [Video] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This lecture explores the different meanings and uses of the term "big data". It considers the extent to which the digital revolution and the development of techniques to analyse large bodies of unstructured data are disrupting previous understandings of the differences between qualitative and quantitative approaches to research in the social sciences.

Item Type: Video
Subjects: 1. Frameworks for Research and Research Designs > 1.21 Digital Social Research
1. Frameworks for Research and Research Designs > 1.21 Digital Social Research > 1.21.3 Big data analytics
2. Data Collection > 2.11 Online Data Collection
2. Data Collection > 2.11 Online Data Collection > 2.11.1 Big data
2. Data Collection > 2.11 Online Data Collection > 2.11.2 Mobile digital data
4. Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis > 4.20 Textual Analysis
5. Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis > 5.12 Data Mining > 5.12.3 Machine learning
6. Mixed Methods Data Handling and Data Analysis > 6.2 Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Depositing User: NCRM users
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2016 14:52
Last Modified: 14 Jul 2021 14:02
URI: https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/3937

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