Social prediction: a new research paradigm based on machine learning
Abstract Sociology is a science concerned with both the interpretive understanding of social action and the corresponding causal explanation, process, and result. A causal explanation should be the foundation of prediction. For many years, due to data and computing power constraints, quantitative re...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-09-01
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Series: | The Journal of Chinese Sociology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-021-00152-z |