What Is NOT a Significant Obstacle to Social Science Research

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a significant obstacle to social science research on "Big Data"?

• A) Social media companies restrict the access to their data, creating a "digital divide" separating social scientists with wide access from those who lack such access.
• B) Software for analyzing "Big Data" is proprietary and prohibitive in cost.
• C) Many sources of "Big Data" lack demographic data on age, gender, income, and other essential control variables ordinarily important in social science research.
• D) Sound research design commonly requires random sampling or enumeration (data on all the cases), neither of which characterize most "Big Data".

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