Editing Survey methodology (section)

==The role of big data==
Since 2018, survey methodologists have started to examine how [[big data]] can complement survey methodology to allow researchers and practitioners to improve the production of survey statistics and its quality. Big data has low cost per data point, applies analysis techniques via [[machine learning]] and [[data mining]], and includes diverse and new data sources, e.g., registers, social media, apps, and other forms of digital data. There have been three Big Data Meets Survey Science (BigSurv) conferences in 2018, 2020, 2023, and a conference forthcoming in 2025,<ref>{{Cite web |title=BigSurv |url=https://www.bigsurv.org/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=www.bigsurv.org}}</ref> a special issue in the ''[[Social Science Computer Review]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Eck |first1=Adam |last2=Cazar |first2=Ana Lucía Córdova |last3=Callegaro |first3=Mario |last4=Biemer |first4=Paul |date=August 2021 |title="Big Data Meets Survey Science" |journal=Social Science Computer Review |language=en |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=484–488 |doi=10.1177/0894439319883393 |issn=0894-4393|doi-access=free }}</ref> a special issue in the ''[[Journal of the Royal Statistical Society]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 2022 |title=Special issue: Big data meets survey science |url=https://academic.oup.com/jrsssa/article-abstract/185/Supplement_2/S167/7069510 |journal=Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society |volume=185 |issue=Supplement_2 |pages=}}</ref> and a special issue in [[European Physical Journal|''EP J Data Science'']],<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Integrating Survey and Non-survey Data to Measure Behavior and Public Opinion |url=https://www.springeropen.com/collections/BigSurv20 |journal=EPJ Data Science}}</ref> and a book called ''Big Data Meets Social Sciences''<ref>{{Cite book |title=Big data meets survey science: a collection of innovative methods |date=2021 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-118-97632-6 |editor-last=Hill |editor-first=Craig A. |location=Hoboken, NJ |editor-last2=Biemer |editor-first2=Paul P. |editor-last3=Buskirk |editor-first3=Trent D. |editor-last4=Japec |editor-first4=Lilli |editor-last5=Kirchner |editor-first5=Antje |editor-last6=Kolenikov |editor-first6=Stas |editor-last7=Lyberg |editor-first7=Lars}}</ref> edited by [[Craig A. Hill]] and five other [[List of fellows of the American Statistical Association|Fellows of the American Statistical Association]].