The Red Herring of Big Data « Brian Croxall

By Jerid Francom On March 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Articles

Brian Croxall provides an informative and realistic look at what digital approaches to humanities can and cannot do.

The upshot:

Data need interpretation
Data don’t have to be big.
Data aren’t always the answer

The Red Herring of Big Data « Brian Croxall.

Tagged with: big data • close reading • distant reading • methods • textual analysis • word frequency

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