On minorities and outliers: The case for making Big Data small

Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 205395171454061 - 205395171454061
Published: Apr 1, 2014
Abstract
In this essay, I make the case for choosing to examine small subsets of Big Data datasets—making big data small. Big Data allows us to produce summaries of human behavior at a scale never before possible. But in the push to produce these summaries, we risk losing sight of a secondary but equally important advantage of Big Data—the plentiful representation of minorities. Women, minorities and statistical outliers have historically been omitted...
Paper Details
Title
On minorities and outliers: The case for making Big Data small
Published Date
Apr 1, 2014
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
205395171454061 - 205395171454061
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