The problem with big data

The other day I heard an interview with Cathy O’Neil on NPR. She was talking about some of the dangers of algorithms derived from the masses of data that we are now able to collect. I was intrigued, so I read her book, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data...

Publicly Available Data Sets

Many nationwide, longitudinal studies make their data available to the public in order to maximize the utility of the massive undertaking. Some require that you register in some way, others are available immediately. Here is a list of some that I have found:...