Data Science and Social Research - Epistemology, Methods, Technology and Applications (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)

This edited volume lays the groundwork for Social Data Science, addressing epistemological issues, methods, technologies, software and applications of data science in the social sciences. It presents data science techniques for the collection, analysis and use of both online and offline new (big) data in social research and related applications. Among others, the individual contributions cover topics like social media, learning analytics, clustering, statistical literacy, recurrence analysis and network analysis. Data science is a multidisciplinary approach based mainly on the methods of statistics and computer science, and its aim is to develop appropriate methodologies for forecasting and decision-making in response to an increasingly complex reality often characterized by large amounts of data (big data) of various types (numeric, ordinal and nominal variables, symbolic data, texts, images, data streams, multi-way data, social networks etc.) and from diverse sources. This book presents selected papers from the international conference on Data Science & Social Research, held in Naples, Italy in February 2016, and will appeal to researchers in the social sciences working in academia as well as in statistical institutes and offices.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	N. Carlo Lauro • Enrica Amaturo • Maria Gabriella Grassia • Biagio Aragona • Marina Marino
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	300
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-55476-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Books > Computing & IT > Computer software packages > Other software packages > Mathematical & statistical software Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
LSN:	3-319-55476-X
Barcode:	9783319554761

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