What is ‘big data’ and what do biostatisticians and data managers want you to know about it?

Andrew R Gray; Dave Barson; Claire M Cameron; Ari Samaranayaka; Robin M Turner

doi:10.57129/001c.144922

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What is ‘big data’ and what do biostatisticians and data managers want you to know about it?

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What is ‘big data’ and what do biostatisticians and data managers want you to know about it?

Andrew R Gray, Dave Barson, Claire M Cameron, Ari Samaranayaka and Robin M Turner

New Zealand medical student journal, Vol.2025(39), pp.41-43

29/09/2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.57129/001c.144922

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By the end of this (not big) primer, we hope that you feel more comfortable identifying big data, understanding its opportunities and risks, and deciding whether and how it can help you in answering your own research questions.

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Record Identifier: 9926778206401891
Title: What is ‘big data’ and what do biostatisticians and data managers want you to know about it?
Creators: Andrew R Gray
Dave Barson
Claire M Cameron
Ari Samaranayaka
Robin M Turner
Publication Details: New Zealand medical student journal, Vol.2025(39), pp.41-43
Academic Unit: Biostatistics Centre (DSM); Public Health (DSM)
Publisher: New Zealand Medical Student Journal Society
Date published ; e-published: 29/09/2025
Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s) 2025. This work was first published in New Zealand Medical Student Journal (New Zealand Medical Student Journal Society). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons‐Attribution‐NonCommercial License 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial use, reproduction, adaptation and distribution of the work in any medium provided the original work is properly attributed to the creator(s) and the source, a link to the Creative Commons license is provided, and any changes made are indicated.
Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Journal article