{"id":6128,"date":"2020-11-13T23:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=6128"},"modified":"2020-11-13T23:26:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:26:26","slug":"big-data","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/glossary\/big-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The term \u2018Big Data\u2019 is used in a number of ways. It is typically distinguished from other data by <em>volume<\/em>, the speed with which it can be amassed (<em>velocity<\/em>) and the <em>variety<\/em> of data aggregated. In research involving children, \u2018Big Data\u2019 often refers to aggregated sets of different types of data derived from multiple sources including people, machines or sensors. These might include social media, GPS data, education or health records, radio frequencies and consumer data. These aggregated datasets typically require advanced data analytics methods to extract <em>value<\/em> from the combined data.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Big Data\u2019 offers the promise of insights into some of the world\u2019s most challenging social, health and geographical issues. However, Big Data also create unique ethical concerns at both individual and group levels.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff4400;\">Related Terms:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/childethics.com\/glossary\/research-data\/\">Data<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/childethics.com\/glossary\/quantitative-research\/\">Quantitative research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term \u2018Big Data\u2019 is used in a number of ways. It is typically distinguished from other data by <em>volume<\/em>, the speed with which it can be amassed (<em>velocity<\/em>) and the <em>variety<\/em> of data aggregated. In research involving children, \u2018Big Data\u2019 often refers to aggregated sets of different types of data derived from multiple sources including people, machines or sensors. These might include social media, GPS data, education or health records, radio frequencies and consumer data. These aggregated datasets typically require advanced data analytics methods to extract <em>value<\/em> from the combined data.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Big Data\u2019 offers the promise of insights into some of the world\u2019s most challenging social, health and geographical issues. However, Big Data also create unique ethical concerns at both individual and group levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"class_list":["post-6128","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=6128"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=6128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}