Big data in psychology: Introduction to the special issue

Psychological Methods

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 447-457

  Harlow, Lisa L ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; Digital footprint; Machine learning; Social media data; Statistical learning theory

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIVACY; SOCIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; DATASETS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIVACY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 85004072438     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/met0000120     Document Type: Article

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