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Mobile phone data

Course

Self-paced e-learning

UN Partner

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International Telecommunication Union ( UN Partner )

Big data Statistics
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Course details

Level
Introductory
Length
1.30h
Effort
1.30h
Languages
English
Price
Free
Certificate
Yes

This course aims to raise awareness of what Mobile Phone Data is and to showcase how it can be applied at a National Statistical Organisation (NSO).

Topics

SDG
SDG17: Partnerships for the goals
SDG 17: Technology
Subject
mobile phone data
Keywords
mobile data
big data
data science

This is one of the courses of a series of specialized awareness courses on BIG Data, offered by the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics (UN-CEBD) to foster investigation on the benefits and challenges of Big Data. The complete series includes courses on the following topics:

  • Mobile Phone Data
  • Scanner Data
  • Automatic Identification System (AIS)

This course aims to raise awareness of what Mobile Phone Data is and to showcase how it can be applied at a National Statistical Organisation (NSO). Information will be shared on how to obtain Mobile Phone Data, plus the opportunities and challenges it presents for incorporating its use at the NSO.

Target Audience

Anyone interested in Mobile Phone Data, especially those working with the theme of public statistics.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • Explain what Mobile Phone data is, and the opportunities and challenges posed by its use at the NSO
  • Recognise where to obtain Mobile Phone data, and any difficulties associated with this
  • Recognise current applications of Mobile Phone data being used or researched for the production of statistical outputs

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