Search Result

Srl

Item

ID: 096190

Data preservation through data archives / Albright, Jeremy J; Lyle, Jared A

Albright, Jeremy J	Journal Article
	0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)

Publication	2010.
Summary/Abstract	Science functions best within a liberal democracy. Every hypothesis test is an expression of doubt, as it carries with it the implication that a particular presumption may be incorrect (Kruschke 1998), whereas authoritarianism punishes challenges to prescribed beliefs. Consequently, science can lead to true innovation and improvements in knowledge only when laws and social norms permit dissent.

Key Words

Liberal Democracy ; Data Preservation ; Data Archives

In Basket

Export

ID: 110661

Privacy protection in social science research: possibilities and impossibilities / Albright, Jeremy J

Albright, Jeremy J	Journal Article
	0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)

Publication

2011.

Summary/Abstract

The ubiquity of data in the twenty-first century provides unprecedented opportunities for social science research, but it also creates troubling possibilities for privacy violations. The emerging field of statistical disclosure control (SDC) studies how data collectors and analysts can find an optimal solution to balancing privacy protection and data utility. This article introduces SDC to readers in the applied political science research community and outlines its implications for analyzing individual-level data. The vocabulary of SDC is introduced and is followed with a discussion emphasizing just how easy it is to break almost any release of supposedly "anonymized" data. The article then describes how SDC measures almost always destroy the ability of researchers to accurately analyze complex survey data. These results are in conflict with increasing trends toward greater transparency in the social sciences. A discussion of the future of SDC concludes the article.

Key Words

Social Science Research ; Possibilities ; Privacy Protection ; Impossibilities

In Basket

Export