Data Science and Social Research

1. Introduction
Enrica Amaturo, Biagio Aragona

2. On Data, Big Data and Social Research. Is It a Real Revolution?
Federico Neresini

3. New Data Science: The Sociological Point of View
Biagio Aragona

4. Data Revolutions in Sociology
Barbara Saracino

5. Blurry Boundaries: Internet, Big-New Data, and Mixed-Method Approach
Enrica Amaturo, Gabriella Punziano

6. Social Media and the Challenge of Big Data/Deep Data Approach
Giovanni Boccia Artieri

7. Governing by Data: Some Considerations on the Role of Learning Analytics in Education
Rosanna Rosa

Part II. Methods, Software and Data Architectures

8. Multiple Correspondence K-Means: Simultaneous Versus Sequential Approach for Dimension Reduction and Clustering
Mario Fordellone, Maurizio Vichi

9. TaLTaC 3.0. A Multi-level Web Platform for Textual Big Data in the Social Sciences
Sergio Bolasco, Giovanni Gasperis

10. Sparsity Data Reduction in Textual Network Analysis
Emma Zavarrone, Filomena Grassia, Maria Gabriella Grassia, Marina Marino

11. University of Bari’s Website Evaluation
Laura Antonucci, Marina Basile, Corrado Crocetta, Viviana D’Addosio, Francesco D. d’Ovidio, Domenico Viola

12. Advantages of Administrative Data: Three Analyses of Students’ Careers in Higher Education
Andrea Amico, Giampiero D’Alessandro, Alessandra Decataldo

13. Growth Curve Models to Detect Walking Impairment: The Case of InCHIANTI Study
Catia Monicolini, Carla Rampichini

14. Recurrence Analysis: Method and Applications
Maria Carmela Catone, Marisa Faggini

Part III. On-Line Data Applications

15. Big Data and Network Analysis: A Promising Integration for Decision-Making
Giovanni Giuffrida, Simona Gozzo, Francesco Mazzeo Rinaldi, Venera Tomaselli

16. White House Under Attack
Fabrizio Esposito, Estella Esposito, Pierpaolo Basile

17. #Theterrormood: Studying the World Mood After the Terror Attacks on Paris and Bruxelles
Rosanna Cataldo, Roberto Galasso, Maria Gabriella Grassia, Marino Marina

18. Learning Analytics in MOOCs: EMMA Case
Maka Eradze, Kairit Tammets

19. Tweet-Tales: Moods of Socio-Economic Crisis?
Grazia Biorci, Antonella Emina, Michelangelo Puliga, Lisa Sella, Gianna Vivaldo

20. The Sentiment of the Infosphere: A Sentiment Analysis Approach for the Big Conversation on the Net
Antonio Ruoto, Vito Santarcangelo, Davide Liga, Giuseppe Oddo, Massimiliano Giacalone, Eugenio Iorio

21. The Promises of Sociological Degrees: A Lexical Correspondence Analysis of Masters Syllabi
D. Borrelli, R. Serpieri, D. Taglietti, D. Trezza

Part IV. Off-Line Data Applications

22. Exploring Barriers in the Sustainable Microgeneration: Preliminary Insights Thought the PLS-PM Approach
Ivano Scotti, Dario Minervini

23. Individual Disadvantage and Training Policies: The Construction of “Model-Based” Composite Indicators
Rosanna Cataldo, Maria Gabriella Grassia, Natale Carlo Lauro, Elena Ragazzi, Lisa Sella

24. Measuring the Intangibles: Testing the Human Capital Theory Against the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
Federica Cornali

25. Analysis of the Employment Transitions and Analysis of the Unemployment Risk in the Social Security Account Statements of the Patronato ACLI
D. Catania, A. Serini, G. Zucca

26. Integrated Education Microdata to Support Statistics Production
Maria Carla Runci, Grazia Bella, Francesca Cuppone

27. Latent Growth and Statistical Literacy
Emma Zavarrone

Avainsanat: Statistics, Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Epistemology, Social Policy, Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs, Media Research