Monthly Archives: January 2015
Reading Assignment for Day 6 (Jan 26)
The Hidden Biases in Big Data – Harvard Business Review (https://hbr.org/2013/04/the-hidden-biases-in-big-data)
In-Class Exercise on Monday, Jan 26 – Trusting Data
Day 06 – In Data We (Mis)Trust – class slides
Day 05 – Identifying Data Sources – video link
Open government: Data of the people, for the people – McKinsey Co. (http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/public_sector/open_government_data_of_the_people_for_the_people)
Online discussion questions – Day 5 (Jan 23) – Identifying Data Sources
- Which ideas have you come up with from the group exercise today? Which data source and what can you do to make things better?
- Can you find other open government data Web sites?
In-Class Exercise on Friday, Jan 23 – Finding Sources of Data
Reading Assignment for Day 5 (Jan 23)
Open Data: What Is It and Why Should You Care? – GovTech (http://www.govtech.com/data/Got-Data-Make-it-Open-Data-with-These-Tips.html)
Day 04 – Data and Metadata – video link
NSA Collecting Verizon Phone Records – Today (http://www.today.com/video/today/52117612#52117612)
Day 05 – Identifying Data Sources – class slides
Online discussion questions – Day 4 (Jan 21) – Data and Metadata
What would be the examples of metadata around us? (other than the ones we discussed in class)