Modernizing Data Collection

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Frauke Kreuter

Prof. Dr.

Core PI

Social Data Science and AI

Abstract

A decade ago, the research community witnessed a surge of excitement about 'Big Data'. There were ambitious aspirations of supplementing or even replacing surveys with new data streams, such as social media data and administrative records. In Europe, and here within the Journal of Official Statistics, Daas et al. (2015) played an instrumental role in showcasing the large potential of digital data streams such as administrative records, credit card data, and other digital footprints to provide more real-time insights compared to traditional survey approaches...

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Journal of Official Statistics

41.3. Sep. 2025.

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 C4 | Computational Social Sciences