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| Data: Data is a collection of raw facts or observations that can be analyzed to provide information. It can be in any form, such as numbers, text, images, or audio. Data can be collected from a variety of sources, such as surveys, experiments, and sensors._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Hal Varian on Data - Dictionary of Arguments
Mayer-Schönberger I 125 Data/Varian/Mayer-Schönberger: Hal Varian, Google's top economist, calls being a statistician, the "sexiest job": (...) Data is ubiquitous and cheap. The scarce resource is the knowledge of how to gain knowledge from it. >Knowledge, >Statistics, >Google, >Price._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
EconVarian I Hal R. Varian Carl Shapiro Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy Cambridge, MA 1998 MSchoen I Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think New York 2013 |
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