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In an age of Big Data, measurement error can be costly for smaller communities

Mar 21, 2024
1 min read

Mistargeting of programs because of data issues risks breeding discontent and mistrust, particularly among marginalized people.


Richard Shearmur (McGill University) and Jamie Ward (RAnLab, Memorial University) discuss the topic above in their article titled In an age of Big Data, measurement error can be costly for smaller communities.


The article was published on on March 21, 2024 by the Institute for Research on Public Policy




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