Big data are no substitute for personal input in surveys

(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit ä t M ü nchen) When the analysis of digital data reaches its limits, methods that focus on observations made by individuals can be useful. In contexts such as the coronavirus pandemic, a method called human social sensing can elicit information that is difficult to obtain from digital trace data. Prof. Frauke Kreuter at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich is now using this method with the global " Covid Trends& Impact Survey " to predict the course of the pandemic.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news