Workflows for quantitative data analysis in the social sciences

International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 321-338

  Turner, Kenneth J ^a   Lambert, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e Social science; Quantitative data analysis; Scientific workflow; Service oriented architecture; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA HANDLING; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SERVICES; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); SOCIAL SCIENCES; WEB SERVICES;

CURRENT PRACTICES; E-SOCIAL SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS; NON-TECHNICAL USERS; PARALLEL EXECUTIONS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; SCIENTIFIC WORKFLOWS; SOCIAL SCIENTISTS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 84929521028     PISSN: 14332779     EISSN: 14332787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10009-014-0315-4     Document Type: Article

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