Data Mining for the Social Sciences: An Introduction

by Paul Attewell and David Monaghan

Book Overview

We live in a world of big data: the amount of information collected on human behavior each day is staggering, and exponentially greater than at any time in the past. Additionally, powerful algorithms are capable of churning through seas of data to uncover patterns. Providing a simple and accessible introduction to data mining, Paul Attewell and David B. Monaghan discuss how data mining substantially differs from conventional statistical modeling familiar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520280989
• ISBN13: 9780520280984
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.7"