Cyber Society, Big Data, and Evaluation (Hardcover)

1. Cyber Society, Big Data, and Evaluation: An Introduction 2. What Is Big Data? 3. The Current Use of Big Data in Evaluation 4. Getting Started with Big Data: The Promises and Challenges of Evaluating Health-Care Quality 5. Big Data, Real-World Events, and Evaluations 6. Using Big Data to Study Digital Piracy and the Copyright Alert System 7. Protecting America’s Biggest Sporting Spectacle 8. Keeping Traffic and Transit Passengers Moving ? The Use of Big Data 9. Exploring Big (Data) Opportunities: The Case of the Center for Innovation through Data Intelligence (CIDI), New York City 10. Using “Big Data” for Equity-Focused Evaluation? Understanding and Utilizing the Dynamics of Data Ecosystems 11. Real-Time Monitoring and Evaluation?Emerging News as Predictive Process Using Big Data-Based Approach 12. Big Bang or Big Bust? The Role and Implications of Big Data in Evaluation 13. Cyber Society, Big Data, and Evaluation: A Future Perspective Contributors Index