Data Action: Using Data for Public Good

by Williams, Sarah
ISBN: 9780262545310
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Overview

How to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression.

Big data can be used for good--from tracking disease to exposing human rights violations--and for bad--implementing surveillance and control. Data inevitably represents the ideologies of those who control its use; data analytics and algorithms too often exclude women, the poor, and ethnic groups. In Data Action, Sarah Williams provides a guide for working with data in more ethical and responsible ways. Too often data has been used--and manipulated--to make policy decisions without much stakeholder input. Williams outlines a method that emphasizes collaboration among data scientists, policy experts, data designers, and the public. This approach creates trust and co-ownership in the data by opening the process to those who know the issues best.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Williams, Sarah
  • ISBN: 9780262545310
  • Condition: New
  • Number Of Pages: 312
  • Publication Year: 2022
Language: English