Using 'big data' to explore household and family structures in England and Wales in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

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• Professor Kevin Schürer, University of Leicester
• Thursday 23 November 2017, 17:00-18:30
• Old Library, Darwin College.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr Duncan Needham.

This presentation will explore the rise of ‘big data’ in historical research with specific reference to the Integrated Census Microdata database (I-CeM) covering England, Scotland and Wales for the period 1851 to 1911 and examine the potential (and problems) of such data. It will focus on a study in household and family structure for the period covered by the I-CeM data and provide examples of where ‘big data’ can add to our knowledge in comparison to more traditional localised studies – and where it can’t.

This talk is part of the Core Seminar in Economic and Social History series.

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• AUB_Cambridge Seminars
• Core Seminar in Economic and Social History
• Department of Geography
• Economic and Social History Seminars
• History and Philosophy of Science long list
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