Crowdsourcing and the democratization of data

"Topics for any discipline that focuses on quantitative or technical data have always depended on the datasets that were available at the time. Crowdsourcing has changed that - democratizing the data-collection process and cutting researchers' reliance on stagnant, overused datasets. Tools...

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Main Author: Biewald, Lukas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [United States?] O'Reilly Media 2011
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"Topics for any discipline that focuses on quantitative or technical data have always depended on the datasets that were available at the time. Crowdsourcing has changed that - democratizing the data-collection process and cutting researchers' reliance on stagnant, overused datasets. Tools like Amazon Mechanical Turk allow anyone to gather data overnight, rather than waiting years."--Resource description page
Item Description:Recorded at O'Reilly strata making data work conference: Feb. 1-3, 2011, Santa Clara, Calif
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (39 min., 17 sec.)