After Big Data Failed: The Enduring Allure of Numbers in the Wake of the 2016 US Election
When widespread polling failed to accurately predict the 2016 US presidential election, producers and consumers of data didn’t abandon faith in numbers. Instead, they have reconfigured their relationships with big data. Producers are formulating redemption narratives, blaming specific datasets or po...
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Society for Social Studies of Science
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Engaging Science, Technology, and Society |
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