Question

Schoneberger and Cukier define “Big Data” as “more, messy, and good enough”. Explain each of these concepts with an example for each

Answer 1

what is data? data: it is a collection of raw material which contains information.

nowhere in the given statement big data is considered as more, messy and enough.

BIG DATA is data which is very descriptive in nature.so, the data which is descriptive in nature will contain more and more information about the population.it contains all possible facts, surplus information and ignorance of any information is least possible here.it contains everything related to the population from a minute one to the biggest.so, the big data are more.

for example: in the census, the information about each family as far as possible is collected. so such kind of will contain more information sometimes more than what we want. such kind of data is actually very big. as the respondent used to describe all the answers very briefly. so, the data we collect is more than what we want.

now as big data is more it is quite complex for a surveyor to study and extract the conclusions from it. sometimes facts and figures are hidden under unusual information that the surveyor is unable to extract which makes the study of data more boring and confusing and sometimes let the surveyor to draw wrong conclusions. so, the big data are messy.

for example: in census when we got data it is very descriptive and its study is very complex. arranging all the datas, extracting useful information and eliminating unusual information makes the thing messy.

as it is discussed that big data contains all the information regarding a population in fact more than what we want so it is enough good and no further information is required. anyone can extract much and more information from big data and get a clear view of what is going on in the population.so, the big data are good enough.

for example: from census data, government conclude about population and makes rules and regulations regarding the information extracted from such big data, which shows that big data are good enough.