We are all social scientists now: How big data, machine learning, and causal inference work together

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-83

  Grimmer, Justin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920166504     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096514001784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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