2. ASHKAN ASHKPOUR
Information acquired: 2025
ASHKAN ASHKPOUR is an academic who published a paper in 2016 entitled Source Oriented Harmonization of Aggregate Historical Census Data: A Flexible and Accountable Approa. ASHKAN ASHKPOUR published this work as part of a team: Ashkpour, Ashkan. Here is a description of this work: Historical censuses are one of the most challenging datasets to compare over time. While many (successful) efforts have been made by researchers to harmonize these types of data, a lack of a generic workflow thwarts other researchers in their endeavors to do the same. In order to use historical census data for longitudinal analysis, a common process currently often loosely referred to as harmonization is inevitable. This process becomes even more challenging when dealing with aggregate data. Current approaches, whether focusing on micro or aggregate data, mainly provide specific, goal-oriented solutions to solve this problem. The nature of our data calls for an approach which allows different interpretations and preserves the link to the underlying sources at all times. To realize this we need a flexible, bo.