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Big data in social and psychological science: theoretical and methodological issues

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  • Lin Qiu

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • Sarah Hian May Chan

    (Nanyang Technological University)

  • David Chan

    (Singapore Management University)

Abstract

Big data presents unprecedented opportunities to understand human behavior on a large scale. It has been increasingly used in social and psychological research to reveal individual differences and group dynamics. There are a few theoretical and methodological challenges in big data research that require attention. In this paper, we highlight four issues, namely data-driven versus theory-driven approaches, measurement validity, multi-level longitudinal analysis, and data integration. They represent common problems that social scientists often face in using big data. We present examples of these problems and propose possible solutions.

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  • Lin Qiu & Sarah Hian May Chan & David Chan, 2018. "Big data in social and psychological science: theoretical and methodological issues," Journal of Computational Social Science, Springer, vol. 1(1), pages 59-66, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jcsosc:v:1:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s42001-017-0013-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s42001-017-0013-6
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    1. Alex Luscombe & Kevin Dick & Kevin Walby, 2022. "Algorithmic thinking in the public interest: navigating technical, legal, and ethical hurdles to web scraping in the social sciences," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(3), pages 1023-1044, June.
    2. Qianjia Huang & Vivek K. Singh & Pradeep K. Atrey, 2018. "On cyberbullying incidents and underlying online social relationships," Journal of Computational Social Science, Springer, vol. 1(2), pages 241-260, September.
    3. Alnoor Bhimani, 2020. "Digital data and management accounting: why we need to rethink research methods," Journal of Management Control: Zeitschrift für Planung und Unternehmenssteuerung, Springer, vol. 31(1), pages 9-23, April.

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