Computational Frameworks for Political and Social Research with Python
Authors: Cutler, Josh, Dickenson, Matt
Free Preview- Introduces core concepts of computer scientists to political and social scientists
- Teaches researchers how to collect data and use large volumes of data available online
- Demonstrates how to collect data via popular APIs (Twitter, Google Maps)
- Enables researchers to utilize unstructured data in statistical analyses
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This book is intended to serve as the basis for a first course in Python programming for graduate students in political science and related fields. The book introduces core concepts of software development and computer science such as basic data structures (e.g. arrays, lists, dictionaries, trees, graphs), algorithms (e.g. sorting), and analysis of computational efficiency. It then demonstrates how to apply these concepts to the field of political science by working with structured and unstructured data, querying databases, and interacting with application programming interfaces (APIs). Students will learn how to collect, manipulate, and exploit large volumes of available data and apply them to political and social research questions. They will also learn best practices from the field of software development such as version control and object-oriented programming. Instructors will be supplied with in-class example code, suggested homework assignments (with solutions), and material for practical lab sessions.
- About the authors
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Josh W. Cutler began his career commercializing research at Microsoft Live Labs from 2005 to 2009. He holds a BS degree in computer science and math from UW-Madison and later pursued a PhD at Duke University, where he built predictive models analyzing conflict. He has served in leadership roles at multiple data-focused startups, and founded and led a company to acquisition. He currently leads the AI Platforms and Transformation team at Optum.
Matt Dickenson is a senior software engineer at Uber, applying machine learning to transportation. He holds a BS degree in political science from the University of Houston and an MS degree in computer science from Duke University. He has taught introductory programming and data science courses and workshops at Duke University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Miami.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Getting Started with Python
Pages 3-19
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Building Software
Pages 21-32
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Object-Oriented Programming
Pages 33-48
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Introduction to Algorithms
Pages 49-57
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Introduction to Data Structures
Pages 59-71
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Computational Frameworks for Political and Social Research with Python
- Authors
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- Josh Cutler
- Matt Dickenson
- Series Title
- Textbooks on Political Analysis
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-36826-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-36826-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-36825-8
- Series ISSN
- 2522-0373
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 209
- Number of Illustrations
- 18 b/w illustrations
- Topics
