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100			_aMergel, Ines
245			_aBig data in public affairs
260			_c2016
300			_ap.928-937.
362			_aNov-Dec
520			_aThis article offers an overview of the conceptual, substantive, and practical issues surrounding "big data" to provide one perspective on how the field of public affairs can successfully cope with the big data revolution. Big data in public affairs refers to a combination of administrative data collected through traditional means and large-scale data sets created by sensors, computer networks, or individuals as they use the Internet. In public affairs, new opportunities for real-time insights into behavioral patterns are emerging but are bound by safeguards limiting government reach through the restriction of the collection and analysis of these data. To address both the opportunities and challenges of this emerging phenomenon, the authors first review the evolving canon of big data articles across related fields. Second, they derive a working definition of big data in public affairs. Third, they review the methodological and analytic challenges of using big data in public affairs scholarship and practice. The article concludes with implications for public affairs. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aBig data
700			_aIsett, Kimberley
700			_aRethemeyer, R. Karl
773			_aPublic Administration Review
909			_a113323
999			_c113318 _d113318