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This book gets to the heart of discussions on big data and the digital age. It presents the 200-year history of the idea that people and societies are nothing more than the sum total of the data collected by quantitative methodology. It describes this history in the context of censuses and survey re...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brückweh, Kerstin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Alemán
Publicado: De Gruyter, 2015.
Colección:Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts London/ Publications of the German Historical Institute London.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book gets to the heart of discussions on big data and the digital age. It presents the 200-year history of the idea that people and societies are nothing more than the sum total of the data collected by quantitative methodology. It describes this history in the context of censuses and survey research in Great Britain, focusing on the actors involved, methodology, social classifications, and questions about race, ethnicity and disabilities.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (500 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:311040785X
9783110407853
9783110407884
3110407884