TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Sarah
TI  - Data action: using data for public good 
SN  - 9780262044196 (hardcover)
AV  - JF 1525 W727d 2020
U1  - 352.7/4 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Administración pública
KW  - Procesamiento de datos
KW  - Information behavior
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Data Action will offer a model for reading, collecting, visualizing, and putting data to work on civic change. Using arresting graphics and influential case studies, as well as incorporating cultural and historical context, Data Action presents a helpful corrective to standard practice. Historically, data has been used and manipulated to make policy decisions without input from the general public. Data Action asks advocates of big data to rethink how they work by laying out a methodology for more transparent and accountable data analysis. The tools outlined in this book will help anyone, not just government officials, but data scientists, civic activists and hackers, as well as all citizens reaching for more effective civic debates and policy reforms, to shape our environment, economy, public health, and quality of life, with greater transparency and democratic participation"--
ER  -