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Facing Big Data: Making sociology relevant:

Facing Big Data: Making sociology relevant: Working with computational methods and large textual analysis has been challenging and very rewarding—with all the ups and downs that doing empirical social research entails. In my contribution, I relate some research experiences and reflect upon data construction and the links between theory, data, and methods. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Big Data & Society SAGE

Facing Big Data: Making sociology relevant:

Mützel, Sophie
Big Data & Society , Volume 2 (2): 1 – Dec 1, 2015
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Facing Big Data: Making sociology relevant:

Mützel, Sophie
Big Data & Society , Volume 2 (2): 1 – Dec 1, 2015

Abstract

Working with computational methods and large textual analysis has been challenging and very rewarding—with all the ups and downs that doing empirical social research entails. In my contribution, I relate some research experiences and reflect upon data construction and the links between theory, data, and methods.

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10.1177/2053951715599179
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Abstract

Working with computational methods and large textual analysis has been challenging and very rewarding—with all the ups and downs that doing empirical social research entails. In my contribution, I relate some research experiences and reflect upon data construction and the links between theory, data, and methods.

Journal

Big Data & Society – SAGE

Published: Dec 1, 2015

Keywords: Big Data; sociology; computational social science; topic modeling; textual analysis; data construction

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