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Behavioral experiments in computational social science

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  • Buskens, Vincent

    (Utrecht University)

  • Corten, Rense
  • Przepiorka, Wojtek

    (Utrecht University)

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Behavioral experiments are rarely used as an empirical strategy in computational social science, where empirical studies typically focus on analyzing large-scale digital trace data. We argue that behavioral experiments have a role in computational social science, in particular in combination with agent-based modeling – a key theoretical strategy in computational social science. We highlight three ways in which behavioral experiments can contribute to theory building in computational social science: by testing macro-level predictions from agent-based models, by evaluating behavioral assumptions on which these models are based, and by calibrating agent-based models. We illustrate these points through three examples from our work concerned with the emergence of conventions.

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  • Buskens, Vincent & Corten, Rense & Przepiorka, Wojtek, 2024. "Behavioral experiments in computational social science," OSF Preprints 9vm5t_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:9vm5t_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/9vm5t_v1
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