Big data for use in psychological research

• Cuartas Arias, Jorge Mauricio ^[1]
  1. [1] St. Bonaventure University

     St. Bonaventure University

     Town of Allegany, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: International Journal of Psychological Research, ISSN 2011-2084, ISSN-e 2011-2084, Vol. 10, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 6-7
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.21500/20112084.2828
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• Resumen

  • The treatment, organization, and manipulation of greatrepositories of data, or Big Data, make up a central elementin the advancement of contemporary psychology. Big Datagrows day by day, fed by a variety of sources including theinternet, “open-source” databases, social networks and dataacquired through georeferenciation or call centers, among oth-ers. Generally speaking, Big Data includes four dimensions:First, the volume or quantity of registered data (for examplethe 10 terabytes—1012 information units—processed dailyby Facebook).

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