Computational social science : discovery and prediction / R. Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964- editor.

Cambridge University Press.

Series:

Analytical methods for social research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Data processing.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Mathematical models.

Social sciences--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 327 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part 1. Computational social science tools.

1. The application of big data in surveys to the study of elections, public opinion, and representation / Christopher Warshaw

2. Navigating the local modes of big data : the case of topic models / Margaret E. Roberts, Brandon M. Stewart, and Dustin Tingley

3. Generating political event data in near real time : opportunities and challenges / John Beiler, Patrick T. Brandt, Andrew Halterman, Philip A. Schrodt, and Erin M. Simpson

4. Network structure and social outcomes : network analysis for social science / Betsy Sinclair

5. Ideological salience in multiple dimensions / Peter Foley

6. Random forests and fuzzy forests in biodemical research / Daniel Conn and Christina M. Ramirez

Part 2. Computational social science applications.

7. Big data, social media, and protest : foundations for a research agenda / Joshua A. Tucker, Jonathan Nagler, Megan MacDuffee Metzger, Pablo Barberá, Duncan Penfold-Brown, and Richard Bonneau

8. Measuring representational style in the House : the Tea Party, Obama, and legislators' changing expressed priorities / Justin Grimmer

9. Using social marketing and data science to make government smarter / Brian Griepentrog, Sean Marsh, Sidney Carl Turner, and Sarah Evans

10. Using machine learning algorithms to detect election fraud / Ines Levin, Julia Pomares, and R. Michael Alvarez

11. Centralized analysis of local data, with dollars and lives on the line : lession from the home radon experience / Phillip N. Price and Andrew Gelman

Conclusion: Computational social science : toward a collaborative future / Hanna Wallach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781316257340

1316257347

Publisher Number:

99975737753

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Restricted for use by site license.