The National Data Center proposals between macro modelling and micro targeting
AbstractAs computer technology got more advanced during the 1960s, scientists used it to build economic models, run simulations and make predictions. But the gist of any method was a solid data base. Therefore, a committee of the Social Science Research Council developed a proposal for a Federal Dat...
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| description | AbstractAs computer technology got more advanced during the 1960s, scientists used it to build economic models, run simulations and make predictions. But the gist of any method was a solid data base. Therefore, a committee of the Social Science Research Council developed a proposal for a Federal Data Center within the United States government. The Bureau of the Budget developed the idea further into a National Data Center proposal provoking a well-known debate on privacy. Less is known about how the proposals originally emerged. One goal was the access to microdata on individual units which were necessary for statistical operations such as correlation or matching of data sets. The article argues that the data center demonstrates the shift towards statistics based on micro units to build macro models. Scientists, however, faced obstacles such as rules concerning confidentiality and disclosure of data as well as a decentral structure of federal statistics, and their interests differed from the interests of politics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa86506a515c45b687ac8bde7a9e16a22023-12-12T13:29:43ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832023-12-0110210.1080/23311983.2023.2286077The National Data Center proposals between macro modelling and micro targetingBenedikt Josef Neuroth0Digital Business Development, Institute for Digital Technologies, Leipzig, GermanyAbstractAs computer technology got more advanced during the 1960s, scientists used it to build economic models, run simulations and make predictions. But the gist of any method was a solid data base. Therefore, a committee of the Social Science Research Council developed a proposal for a Federal Data Center within the United States government. The Bureau of the Budget developed the idea further into a National Data Center proposal provoking a well-known debate on privacy. Less is known about how the proposals originally emerged. One goal was the access to microdata on individual units which were necessary for statistical operations such as correlation or matching of data sets. The article argues that the data center demonstrates the shift towards statistics based on micro units to build macro models. Scientists, however, faced obstacles such as rules concerning confidentiality and disclosure of data as well as a decentral structure of federal statistics, and their interests differed from the interests of politics.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2286077Privacybureau of the budgetBureau of the BudgetSocial Science Research Council1960sHistory of Statistics |
| spellingShingle | Benedikt Josef Neuroth The National Data Center proposals between macro modelling and micro targeting Cogent Arts & Humanities Privacy bureau of the budget Bureau of the Budget Social Science Research Council 1960s History of Statistics |
| title | The National Data Center proposals between macro modelling and micro targeting |
| title_full | The National Data Center proposals between macro modelling and micro targeting |
| title_fullStr | The National Data Center proposals between macro modelling and micro targeting |
| title_full_unstemmed | The National Data Center proposals between macro modelling and micro targeting |
| title_short | The National Data Center proposals between macro modelling and micro targeting |
| title_sort | national data center proposals between macro modelling and micro targeting |
| topic | Privacy bureau of the budget Bureau of the Budget Social Science Research Council 1960s History of Statistics |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2286077 |
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