What’s all the fuss about ‘big data’?
Big data seems to be the new catch word. What’s so special about it and why does it matter? ‘Big data’ refers to datasets so large that it becomes difficult to process them using conventional methods....
View ArticleValidity of electronic records on ethnicity – and more generally
Increasingly, health research relies on electronic health records and Big Data. On the other side of the argument methodologists like John Ioannidis are questioning the epistemological fitness of...
View ArticleChanges over time in socio-economic inequalities in cancer survival. Can...
Lyratzopoulos G, Barbiere JM, Rachet B, Baum M, Thompson MR, & Coleman MP (2011). Changes over time in socioeconomic inequalities in breast and rectal cancer survival in England and Wales during a...
View ArticleBig data
With big data arriving on the scene for health care, we can take a slightly smaller look at some of data on health service performance that is increasingly being made public in the UK. What does it...
View ArticleWhat I read on the internet (Part V): prescribing information
Not as many links to Mumsnet this time, but just in case of interest here are some places where prescribing information or data sets for individuals, GP practices or countries can be found. INDIVIDUALS...
View ArticleOnline surveys and my data
So, I started doing online polls for money because Suzanna at the BHRU said that this was how she recruited her study participants. For those of you interested it doesn’t pay very well. I have been...
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