Computational Social Science – what is it and what can('t) it do? Seminar
- Time:
- 12:00 - 13:00
- Date:
- 2 February 2021
- Venue:
- University of Southampton
Event details
What is your talk about? In Computational Social Science (CSS) we use computer science algorithms to analyse qualitative data at scale. In this talk I define CSS, describe what the opportunities and barriers are in using such methods in education, and give examples from published research, for example on analysing thousands of Ofsted documents.
What are the key messages of your talk? The use of CSS methods in education makes it is possible to analyse some data sources at scale that previously would be unrealistic to analyse 'by hand'.
What are the implications for practice or research from your talk? CSS allows both more qualitative and more quantitative researchers to analyse unstructured data sources at scale.
The slides for this presentation can be found here.
Presenter: Dr Christian Bokhove, Associate Professor in Mathematics, Southampton Education School, University of Southampton.
Christian Bokhove SEds seminar
Dr Christian Bokhove introduces Computational Social Science.
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