Social media for large studies of behavior: Large-scale studies of human behavior in social media need to be held to higher methodological standards

Science

Volumn 346, Issue 6213, 2014, Pages 1063-1064

  Ruths, Derek ^a   Pfeffer, Jürgen ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MEDIA INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MACHINE LEARNING; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOLOGY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84922011874     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.346.6213.1063     Document Type: Short Survey

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