
eBook - ePub
Computational Thinking and Social Science
Combining Programming, Methodologies and Fundamental Concepts
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Computational Thinking and Social Science
Combining Programming, Methodologies and Fundamental Concepts
About this book
Whilst providing a fundamental understanding of computational social science, this book delves into the tools and techniques used to build familiarity with programming and gain context into how, why and when they are introduced. The overall focus is on helping you understand and design computational social science research, alongside delving into hands-on coding and technical instruction.
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Key features include:Â
- Further readingÂ
- Exercises accompanied by sample codeÂ
- Programming examples in Scratch, Python and R
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Publisher Note
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Extended Contents
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- About the Author
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1 A New Kind of Social Science Requires New Skills
- 2 Computational Thinking, Algorithms, and Writing Code
- 3 Data Science
- 4 Network Analysis
- 5 Data Structures
- 6 Simulations and Complex Systems
- 7 Interactive Systems
- 8 Best Practice for Software Development
- 9 Computation and Data: Collection, Storage, and Manipulation
- 10 Computational Social Science
- 11 Research Ethics in Computational Social Science
- 12 Mistakes and Quality of Results in Computational Social Sciences
- 13 Integrating Computational Methods into Research
- Bibliography
- Index