Expanding Access to Research Data Expanding Access to Research Data

Expanding Access to Research Data

Reconciling Risks and Opportunities

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Publisher Description

Policy makers need information about the nation—ranging from trends in the overall economy down to the use by individuals of Medicare—in order to evaluate existing programs and to develop new ones. This information often comes from research based on data about individual people, households, and businesses and other organizations, collected by statistical agencies. The benefit of increasing data accessibility to researchers and analysts is better informed public policy. To realize this benefit, a variety of modes for data access— including restricted access to confidential data and unrestricted access to appropriately altered public-use data—must be used. The risk of expanded access to potentially sensitive data is the increased probability of breaching the confidentiality of the data and, in turn, eroding public confidence in the data collection enterprise. Indeed, the statistical system of the United States ultimately depends on the willingness of the public to provide the information on which research data are based. Expanding Access to Research Data issues guidance on how to more fully exploit these tradeoffs. The panel’s recommendations focus on needs highlighted by legal, social, and technological changes that have occurred during the last decade.

GENRE
Computers & Internet
RELEASED
2005
November 11
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
132
Pages
PUBLISHER
National Academies Press
SELLER
National Academy of Sciences
SIZE
704.3
KB

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