Month: November 2017

Lohr, Steve, “The Age of Big Data” NY Times 2012

I will use this source to acquire general background information about big data as a whole. Through that general background information it can help support some of my basic claims throughout my paper.

Lee, Ho Choong, Yoon, Hyung-Jin, “Medical big data: promises and challenges” The Korean Society of Nephrology, March 2017, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331970/

I’ll use this extensive scientific research to provide extreme details to big data in the medical field. Through this source I expect to gain significant background info on medical big data. I also expect to pick up areas where a possible naysayer could dispute my argument.

Naylor, Brian, “Congress Overturns Internet Privacy Regulation” National Public Radio, March 2017

I plan to use this source to touch on the privacy factor of big data. I’ll use it to compare the privacy expectations of big data in the medical field to the privacy expectations of big data in other fields.

My Plan:

I plan to begin by looking for a naysayer within my argument, and work on incorporating that into my paper. Afterward I will begin my drafting process, and discover whether or not I need to search for more sources. After all of that is in place I can begin writing my paper using the different methods of paragraph writing I learned within class.

The use of big data in the medical field provides the profound ability to save lives through data collection, but that ability comes at the cost of privacy.

I generate most of my data through social media. This can be seen through what I like or dislike within the multitude of networks that I use such as Instagram or Facebook. Another huge data generator for me would be my texts and pictures. I use both of these multiple times everyday. So if someone were to access both of these data generators then they could easily find a lot of info about me. The final huge data generator for me would have to be my email, although it is mainly kept formal. A lot of websites and other applications demand an email of some sort. I would not be surprised if someone could end up using my email to track my movements on all these different websites and other applications. I do use apps in my daily life, so the idea of generating a bit of data through those would not surprise me.

I spent the last 50 minutes carefully analyzing the comments made by both my peers and my teacher. I allowed for significant changes in the structure of my paper. I added more claims and properly asserted my stance on the topic. I went back to my sources to search for references that better supported my claims and ideas. I allowed for major updates to my paper. Although there are still some edits I need to make. I believe that the current edits I have made on structure and source integration have progressed my paper significantly.