Privacy and confidentiality

Abstract

"This chapter addresses the issue that sits at the core of any study of human beings - privacy and confidentiality. In a new field, like the one covered in this book, it is critical that many researchers have access to the data so that work can be replicated and built upon - that there be a scientific basis to data science. Yet the rules that social scientists have traditionally used for survey data, namely anonymity and informed consent, no longer apply when data are collected in the wild. This concluding chapter identifies the issues that must be addressed for responsible and ethical research to take place." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Bender, S., Jarmin, R., Kreuter, F. & Lane, J. (2016): Privacy and confidentiality. In: I. Foster, R. Ghani, R. S. Jarmin, F. Kreuter & J. Lane (Hrsg.) (2016): Big data and social science : a practical guide to methods and tools, p. 299-311.