BIG DATA AND SOCIAL SCIENCE A Practical Guide to Methods and Tools

• Other Authors: Foster, Ian 1959- (Editor), Ghani, Rayid (Editor), Jarmin, Ron S. (Editor), Kreutz Alfred (Editor), Lane, Julia (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 2017
• Series: Chapman and Hall/CRC statistics in the social and behavioral sciences series
• Subjects: Social sciences > Data processing; Social Sciences > Statistical methods; Data mining; Big data
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• Physical Description: xix, 356 pages illustrations, (some color) 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781498751407

A Practical Guide to Methods and Toolsshows how to apply data science to real-world problems in both research and the practice. The book provides practical guidance on combining methods and tools from computer science, statistics, and social science. This concrete approach is illustrated throughout using an important national problem, the quantitative study of innovation.