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Again on data and big data in social research

Just as an additional part of my interview on data has come out on SFR Player, I am preparing to attend a major conference on data and statistics next week in Brussels, with participation of national… more →

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Again on data and big data in social research

paolatubaro wrote 2 months ago: Just as an additional part of my interview on data has come out on SFR Player, I am preparing to att … more →

Tags: Data, Research, Network Analysis, Web-based social networks, social theory, Quantitative methods, statistical modeling, "big data"

Data and big data: digital traces of social phenomena to nourish research

paolatubaro wrote 3 months ago: I was interviewd by SFR PLAYER (an online magazine published by SFR, a major Telecom provider in Fra … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Data, Internet and Social Media, Web-based social networks, Quantitative methods, social simulation, Statistical Data, "big data"

New Social Network Analysis courses

paolatubaro wrote 3 months ago: The one-day workshop on “Introduction to Social Network Analysis” that I gave two weeks … more →

Tags: Social Networks, Social Science Methodology, Business Networks, Inter-organisational Networks, Network Analysis, Networks and Markets, Web-based social networks, Intra-organisational networks, Quantitative methods

A new "Introduction to SNA" short course soon! — 1 comment

paolatubaro wrote 4 months ago: I am going to give another one-day workshop on Introduction to Social Network Analysis  in a couple … more →

Tags: Social Networks, Social Science Methodology, Business Networks, Inter-organisational Networks, mixed methods, Web-based social networks, Intra-organisational networks, Quantitative methods, personal networks

Just-in-Time Sociology (JITSO) workshop just concluded — 1 comment

paolatubaro wrote 5 months ago: I was yesterday at the Just-in-Time-Sociology (JITSO) workshop in Lausanne (oh, how I still like thi … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Sociology, Internet and Social Media, agent-based models, mixed methods, public policy analysis, social theory, Web

Collecting personal network data online: a new tool — 1 comment

paolatubaro wrote 6 months ago: [SAVE THE DATE: on 14th December 2012, we will hold a symposium on “Understanding Pro-Ana: Body, Net … more →

Tags: Social Networks, Social Science Methodology, Sociology, Internet and Social Media, eating behaviors, Eating Disorders, Network Analysis, Pro-ana and pro-mia websites, Quantitative methods

Social media and statistics: an unlikely marriage?

paolatubaro wrote 7 months ago: Statistics is not just about maths… beyond chi-squares and p-values, statistics was originally … more →

Tags: Data, Internet and Social Media, public policy analysis, open data, statistics, Data Policy, Social Media

Old world meets new world: open data and research

paolatubaro wrote 8 months ago: The IAOS conference in Kiev, now just over, has been a great opportunity to discuss the “open … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Data, social theory, statistical modeling, Research Data, open data, statistics, Data Policy

SNA, NS, CSS: what are we doing? — 1 comment

paolatubaro wrote 10 months ago: The rise of social media has brought a new life to the academic field of social network analysis (co … more →

Tags: Social Networks, Social Science Methodology, Research, Data, Internet and Social Media, Network Analysis, Web-based social networks, Trans-disciplinarity, social theory

Data, data everywhere

paolatubaro wrote 11 months ago: It’s already one week since I came back from the latest conference of IASSIST, the international ass … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Data, "big data", Teaching

Sociology in distress? From austerity to a way forward — 2 comments

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: I have just come back home from the annual conference of the British Sociological Association in Lee … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Sociology, qualitative data, social theory, Quantitative methods, statistical modeling, Impact, public sociology

A new era for social science data?

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, I was at the 1st European Data Access Forum on Eurostat premises … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Data, Web-based social networks, Data Access, internet data, research policy, Statistical Data, "big data"

Social Network Analysis and the Web 2.0 — 1 comment

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: The buzz around social networks continues to grow, attracting the attention of companies, policymake … more →

Tags: Social Networks, Social Science Methodology, Inter-organisational Networks, Network Analysis, Networks and Markets, Web-based social networks, Intra-organisational networks, social theory, Web

Economics, mathematics and the crisis: What's wrong? — 1 comment

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: Of all the economic bubbles … few have burst more spectacularly than the reputation of economi … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Philosophy of Economics, economic theory, economic methodology, qualitative data, Trans-disciplinarity, Economic Analysis, history of economics, Quantitative methods

A new Introduction to SNA Short Course — 2 comments

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: I gave a one-day workshop on Introduction to Social Network Analysis  in July, and it was a great ex … more →

Tags: Social Networks, Social Science Methodology, Business Networks, Inter-organisational Networks, Networks and Markets, Web-based social networks, Trans-disciplinarity, Intra-organisational networks, public policy analysis

The challenge with data: old and new

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: Another post inspired by my participation in a major statistics conference –ISI2011 last week in Dub … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Data, qualitative data, public policy analysis, social theory, Web, Quantitative methods, statistical modeling

Making sense of data: Insight from statistics

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: I’m just back from the World Statistics Congress, a grand event that took place in Dublin in t … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, economic methodology, social theory, Quantitative methods, statistical modeling, 2011 UK riots

"Blame it on black culture": race, ethnicity, and bogus explanations of UKriots — 1 comment

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: by Antonio A. Casilli and Paola Tubaro During the last week several voices of the international blog … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Sociology, Dr. Paola Tubaro, public policy analysis, social theory, Quantitative methods, statistical modeling, civil violence

Research data and the public good

paolatubaro wrote 1 year ago: Researchers in economics and the social sciences often complain that they have limited or no access … more →

Tags: Social Science Methodology, Research, Open access to scientific publications, Quantitative methods, Research Ethics, statistical modeling, Data Access, Governmental data


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