Nils B. Weidmann (Germany Universitat Konstanz)

Data Management for Social Scientists

From Files to Databases

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Much training in quantitative social science focuses on data analysis and fails to equip researchers with the skills to prepare the data required for this. This book is a comprehensive introduction to simple and advanced tools for data management, drawing on established concepts and techniques from computer science.

Produktdetails

• Methodological Tools in the Social Sciences
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 148mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781108964784
• ISBN-10: 1108964788
• Artikelnr.: 63596274

Autorenporträt

Nils B. Weidmann is Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Motivation
2. Gearing up
3. Data = content + structure
Part II. Data in Files: 4. Storing data in files
5. Managing data in spreadsheets
6. Basic data management in R
7. R and the tidyverse
Part III. Data in Databases: 8. Introduction to relational databases
9. Relational databases and multiple tables
10. Database fine-tuning
Part IV. Special Types of Data: 11. Spatial data
12. Text data
13. Network data
Part V. Conclusion: 14. Best practices in data management.