Posts Tagged ‘Quantitative methods’
Another post inspired by my participation in a major statistics conference –ISI2011 last week in Dublin. I am currently working at a large European project aiming to improve overall conditions of access to official data for scientific purposes, reducing existing inequalities across countries and (ideally, at least) providing a basis for a more consistent European-wide […]
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Tags: Internet data, Public policy analysis, Qualitative data, Quantitative data, Quantitative methods, Social science data, Social surveys, social theory, Statistical modeling, Web
I’m just back from the World Statistics Congress, a grand event that took place in Dublin in the last few days, bringing together statisticians from all over the world and from all sorts of institutions -from government offices and international institutions to academia and private companies. The event prompts me to think more about my […]
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Tags: 2011 UK riots, economic methodology, Quantitative methods, Social science data, social theory, Statistical modeling
Researchers in economics and the social sciences often complain that they have limited or no access to high-quality public-sector data, such as those collected by National Statistical Institutes to build governmental statistics and write the reports that underpin the implementation of public policies. To be sure, the situation is improving in several countries at least […]
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Tags: Data access, Governmental data, Open access to scientific publications, Quantitative methods, Research ethics, Social science data, Statistical modeling
7th UKSNA Conference now over
In the last few days, my University has hosted the 7th UK Social Networks conference. Good attendance, good atmosphere, and many good papers, despite remarkable absences (unfortunately!), primarily due to other relevant conferences taking place simultaneously elsewhere. I have been particularly proud of my three students who have presented posters based on their coursework on […]
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Tags: Agent-based models, Inter-organisational Networks, Intra-organisational networks, Network Analysis, Networks and Markets, Pro-ana and pro-mia websites, Qualitative data, Quantitative methods, Social science data, Social simulation, social theory, Statistical modeling, Web-based social networks
Having just reviewed “Poor Economics“, a new book by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo (high on my reading list…), The Economist is hosting a debate inviting prominent economists to discuss the question of whether randomised trials can be regarded as the future of economics. The debate is definitely interesting and the viewpoints expressed quite relevant. […]
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Tags: Economic analysis, economic development, economic methodology, Network Analysis, poverty alleviation, Quantitative methods, randomized trials, Social science data
Introduction to SNA short course
The spectacular rise of online social networking services (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc.) in recent years has brought social networks to the fore, and drawn massive attention to the field of study of social network analysis (SNA). Yet social networks have always existed and are in fact a constant of human experience – whether in the […]
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Tags: History of social science, Inter-organisational Networks, Intra-organisational networks, Networks and Markets, Public policy analysis, Quantitative methods, Social science data, social theory, Statistical modeling, Trans-disciplinarity, Web-based social networks
It may seem odd to advertise a “Spring school” in the middle of this particularly snowy and chilly winter… but better get organised in advance! The Centre for Business Networks Analysis at the University of Greenwich in London is organising a 5-day Spring School fin Analytical Software for social scientists (both PhD students and confirmed […]
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Tags: Network Analysis, Quantitative methods, Social science data, Statistical modeling
Social science scholarly activity has undergone dramatic transformations. Today, an academic is expected to be fully integrated in the wider international community and to meet ever-rising productivity standards in both teaching and research. The increasing pressure to ensure performance, accountability, and financial sustainability overwhelmingly targets new generations of researchers with issues that few of their […]
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Tags: economic methodology, Open access to scientific publications, Public policy analysis, Qualitative data, Quantitative methods, Research ethics, Social science data, Social simulation, Trans-disciplinarity
