301 - Big Data or Statistical Data? Extracting Information About Consumer Prices in the New World
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Author
Rigobon, Roberto
Horrigan, Mike
Abstract
Consumers, economists, and businesses have an exponential variety of sources and data to evaluate consumer prices – food, clothing, cars, medical costs, airline tickets. Explore trends and patterns in data collection, analysis, timeliness, and transformation by two experts in the field.
Description
Roberto Rigobon, Billion Prices Project, MIT. Mike Horrigan, Associate Commissioner for Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Date Issued
2013-06-27
Publisher
Association of Public Data Users
Type
presentation