Bias
Below are all our blog posts with the tag "Bias"

Guest Post: Mobile phone data analysis for disaster management
Alfredo Morales is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the New England Complex Systems Institute. David Pastor Escuredo is a Researcher at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (BIT / itdUPM). In 2014, they
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for Big Data
The world is becoming an increasingly interconnected and complex place. An event in one part of the world can have a large and rapid impact in another. As a result of
Some reflections on the analytical challenges in big data
This article is part of a special Global Pulse Guest Blogger Series: “Data Mining for Development: Methodological Innovations & Challenges.” Sriganesh Lokanathan leads LIRNEasia‘s research on Big Data for Development. He is responsible

Big Data and International Migration
Information on the spatial distribution of populations and their international movement is an integral aspect of global development. Migrants contribute to development in their communities through new norms and ideas

Is 2014 Really The Year Of Experimentation?
According to Christian Bason, of the Copenhagen-based "Mind Lab," 2014 will be the year of experimentation. I certainly hope his forecast is on the money as I am about to join the

Data Diving in Washington DC
130 volunteers from the DataKind network, several experts from international organizations and the team from Global Pulse swarmed the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC last month to take part in

Mining the Web for Digital Signals: Lessons from Public Health Research
A number of recently published studies and articles suggest that mining the Web may impact public health in ways that bear significance on Global Pulse’s approach to social impact

“Visualize the Voices of the Vulnerable” Design Challenge Winners
Last year, we launched a large-scale mobile phone based survey to ask people from five countries in different regions of the world how they are dealing with the effects of