Deliverable 3.2 - Guidelines for best practices implementation for transferring methodology

Zimmermann, Thomas, Polidoro, Federico, di Leo, Federico, Fedeli, Massimo, Burger, Joep, van den Brakel, Jan, Pratesi, Monica, Giusti, Caterina, Marchetti, Stefano, Biggeri, Luigi, Bertarelli, Gaia, Schirripa Spagnolo, Francesco, Laureti, Tiziana, Benedetti, Ilaria, Smith, Paul A., Dawber, James, Tzavidis, Nikolaos, Luna Hernandez, Angela, O'Donoghue, Jim, Flower, Tanya, Thomas, Heledd, Würz, Nora, Schmid, Timo, Articus, Charlotte, Burgard, Jan Pablo, Caratiola, Christopher, Dieckmann, Hanna, Ertz, Florian, Krause, Joscha, Münnich, Ralf and Wölwer, Anna-Lena (2020) Deliverable 3.2 - Guidelines for best practices implementation for transferring methodology (Regional poverty measurement as a prototype for modern indicator methodology) Makswell 205pp.

Abstract

Today, big data is a buzz word. Although there have been attempts to properly define the term, a really universally accepted definition has not yet been given. Accordingly, many different types of data may be classified as big data or new data. These range from scanner data collected at retail outlets, through remote sensing data to mobile phone data. As the availability of such data increases, researchers try to make use of them by incorporating them into existing methods and developing new methods. These developments are also highly relevant for the estimation of well-being indicators, a core focus of the MAKSWELL project. The combination of new data sources and new or modified methods are promising especially where the estimation of well-being at a fine spatial resolution is concerned. While a comprehensive survey of the related literature and available data sets is out of the scope of this project, this deliverable collects a few (experimental) applications that shed a light on the potential benefits of these new approaches. Some drawbacks and practical implementation problems are addressed as well. Taken as a whole, the presented set of applications points to future research needs in the area and allows the derivation of some general best practice guidelines that can also inform other subject matter areas beside the measurement of poverty and well-being.

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Contributors

Author: Paul A. Smith

Author: Nikolaos Tzavidis

Author: Angela Luna Hernandez

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