Session: NCRM ANNUAL LECTURE: Big Data: Bridging the Qualitative/Quantitative Divide? - Jane Elliott (Chair: Patrick Sturgis)

Time: Tuesday 5th July, 14:00 - 15:15

Convenor:

Professor Rosalind Edwards (University of Southampton)

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The term 'Big data' is now firmly entrenched. This lecture will explore the different meanings and uses of the term. It will then consider the extent to which the digital revolution and the development of techniques to analyse large bodies of unstructured data are disrupting previous understandings of the differences between qualitative and quantitative approaches to research in the social sciences.

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Presenter: Jane Elliott

Big Data: Bridging the Qualitative/Quantitative Divide?

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Start time: 14:00

Presentation title: Big data: bridging the qualitative/quantitative divide?

Presenter:

Professor Jane Elliott (Economic and Social Research Council, Chief Executive Officer)