Expanding Access to Research Data : Reconciling Risks and Opportunities Paperback / softback
by National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on Data Access for Research Purposes
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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. Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 The Changed Landscape3 Benefits of Access4 Risks of Access: Potential Confidentiality Breaches and TheirConsequences5 Reconciling the Benefits and Risks of Expanded Data AccessReferencesAppendix A Workshop SummaryAppendix B Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
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- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:11/12/2005
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:132 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:11/12/2005
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- ISBN:9780309100120