Data mining for the social sciences : an introduction /

"We live, today, in world of big data. The amount of information collected on human behavior every day is staggering, and exponentially greater than at any time in the past. At the same time, we are inundated by stories of powerful algorithms capable of churning through this sea of data and unc...

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Autori principali: Attewell, Paul A., 1949- (Autore), Monaghan, David B., 1988- (Autore)
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Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015
Edizione:First edition.
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