TY - BOOK AU - Foster,Ian TI - Big data and social science: data science methods and tools for research and practice T2 - Chapman and Hall/CRC statistics in the social and behavioural sciences SN - 9780367568597 AV - H61.3 .B55 2021 U1 - 300.285 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press KW - Social sciences KW - Data processing KW - Statistical methods KW - Data mining KW - Big data N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "This classroom-tested book fills a major gap in graduate- and professional-level data science and social science education. It can be used to train a new generation of social data scientists to tackle real-world problems and improve the skills and competencies of applied social scientists and public policy practitioners. It empowers you to use the massive and rapidly growing amounts of available data to interpret economic and social activities in a scientific and rigorous manner"-- ER -