Big Data Introduction & Big Data Tools

There are seven short videos, below, that kick-off the class. Each video is no more than 10 minutes and provide you with a broad overview of the Big Data space as it relates to social sciences. Please fill out the short Google Form, as this will provide input to shape the discussion session. You can download the slides here (part I) and here (part II).

Table of contents:

• Welcome

• New Data Sources

• Found and Designed Data

• Inference

• (Big Data) Quality

  • Video Questions

• Big Data Toolbox

• Big Data Toolbox continued

Welcome

New Data Sources

Found and Designed Data

Inference

(Big Data) Quality

Please answer the following questions in preparation for the Q&A session:

Big Data Toolbox

Big Data Toolbox (continued)