Gary King, "Big Data Is Not About the Data!"
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The Centre on Population Dynamics at 鶹 is pleased to present political scientist Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor and Director for the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, who will be giving a talk on “Big Data Is Not About The Data!” between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1, 2013. The talk will be given in the Faculty Club Ballroom (3450 McTavish Street). A reception will follow. Please RSVP to Geneviève Brunet-Gauthier at genevieve.brunet-gauthier [at] mcgill.ca if you plan to attend.
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Sociology, Economics, Political Science, and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health; the CRC on Social Statistics and Family Change; the CRC in Health Disparities; and the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship.
This lecture has received additional support from the Beatty Memorial Lectures Committee.