Kitchin, Rob (2015) The opportunities, challenges and risks of big data for official statistics. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 31 (3). pp. 471-481. ISSN 1875-9254

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Abstract

The development of big data is set to be a significant disruptive innovation in the production of official statistics offering a range of opportunities, challenges and risks to the work of National Statistical Institutions (NSIs). This paper provides a synoptic overview of these issues in detail, mapping out the various pros and cons of big data for producing official statistics, examining the work to date by NSIs in formulating a strategic and operational response to big data, and plotting some suggestions with respect to on-going change management needed to address the use of big data for official statistics.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Big data; official statistics; national statistical institutions; NSIs; opportunities; challenges; risks;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA
Item ID:	7276
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.3233/SJI-150906
Depositing User:	Prof. Rob Kitchin
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2016 09:50
Journal or Publication Title:	Statistical Journal of the IAOS
Publisher:	IOS Press
Refereed:	No
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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