Evaluators have been slow to “plug” into the digital world, let alone engage with the strategic implications of the Big Data revolution for the evaluation discipline. Yet, Big Data holds enormous promise for extending the reach and improving the quality of evaluation practice. Equally, systematic recourse to evaluation would greatly improve the social impact of Big Data and guide much needed reform of the enabling framework of Big Data governance. Just as evaluation needs Big Data, Big Data needs evaluation.

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评估和大数据挑战

评估人员“插入”数字世界的速度很慢，更不用说参与大数据革命对评估学科的战略意义了。然而，大数据在扩展评估实践的范围和提高质量方面有着巨大的前景。同样，系统地求助于评估将大大提高大数据的社会影响，并指导急需的大数据治理支持框架的改革。正如评估需要大数据，大数据也需要评估。