Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
PLoS One. 2020 Feb 25;15(2):e0228987. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228987. eCollection 2020.
Thirty-nine interviews were performed with Swiss and American researchers involved in Big Data research in relevant fields. The interviews were analyzed using thematic coding.
No univocal definition of Big Data was found among the respondents and many participants admitted uncertainty towards giving a definition of Big Data. A few participants described Big Data with the traditional "Vs" definition-although they could not agree on the number of Vs. However, most of the researchers preferred a more practical definition, linking it to processes such as data collection and data processing.
The study identified an overall uncertainty or uneasiness among researchers towards the use of the term Big Data which might derive from the tendency to recognize Big Data as a shifting and evolving cultural phenomenon. Moreover, the currently enacted use of the term as a hyped-up buzzword might further aggravate the conceptual vagueness of Big Data.
对参与相关领域大数据研究的瑞士和美国研究人员进行了 39 次访谈。使用主题编码对访谈进行了分析。
受访者中没有找到对大数据的统一定义,许多参与者承认对大数据的定义不确定。一些参与者用传统的“Vs”定义来描述大数据-尽管他们无法就 Vs 的数量达成一致。然而,大多数研究人员更喜欢更实际的定义,将其与数据收集和数据处理等过程联系起来。
该研究发现,研究人员对大数据一词的使用普遍存在不确定性或不自在,这可能源于将大数据视为不断变化和发展的文化现象的倾向。此外,目前将大数据一词用作炒作的流行语可能会进一步加剧大数据概念的模糊性。