Big Data Reality Check (BDRC) for public health: to what extent the environmental health and health services research did meet the 'V' criteria for big data? A study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Big data technologies have been talked up in the fields of science and medicine. The V-criteria (volume, variety, velocity and veracity, etc) for defining big data have been well-known and even quoted in most research articles; however, big data research into public health is often misrepresented due to certain common misconceptions. Such misrepresentations and misconceptions would mislead study designs, research findings and healthcare decision-making. This study aims to identify the V-eligibility of big data studies and their technologies applied to environmental health and health services research that explicitly claim to be big data studies.

Methods and analysis

Our protocol follows Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols

SUBMITTER: Tang PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8943752 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature