Machine Learning in Social Science: Applications and Advances
暫譯: 社會科學中的機器學習：應用與進展

Chen, Yunsong, Chen, Zhuo, Ma, Wen

Machine Learning in Social Science: Applications and Advances
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2026-03-13
  • 售價: $2,670
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,536
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 365
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 9819564646
  • ISBN-13: 9789819564644
  • 相關分類: Machine Learning

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商品描述

This open access book explores how machine learning can enhance both quantitative and qualitative research in sociology. By developing algorithms tailored to specific data, machine learning enables social scientists to uncover patterns, generate new theories, calibrate indicators, and strengthen causal inference. The book offers an accessible introduction to the principles and applications of supervised and unsupervised learning (Part I), followed by empirical case studies across key areas of sociological research. In the social prediction section (Parts II-IV), it illustrates how supervised learning can 1) impute missing indicators, 2) derive theories directly from data, and 3) improve causal inference through counterfactual construction. In the culture modeling section (Parts V-VI), it shows how unsupervised machine learning can map the structure of large-scale cultural texts--such as online novels and film databases--making complex cultural patterns visible across time and space.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本開放存取的書籍探討了機器學習如何增強社會學中的定量與定性研究。透過開發針對特定數據量身定制的演算法，機器學習使社會科學家能夠揭示模式、生成新理論、校準指標並加強因果推論。該書提供了對監督式學習和非監督式學習原則及應用的易懂介紹（第一部分），隨後是涵蓋社會學研究關鍵領域的實證案例研究。在社會預測部分（第二至第四部分），它說明了監督式學習如何 1) 補全缺失的指標，2) 直接從數據中推導理論，以及 3) 透過反事實構建改善因果推論。在文化建模部分（第五至第六部分），它展示了非監督式機器學習如何映射大規模文化文本的結構，例如網路小說和電影數據庫，使複雜的文化模式在時間和空間中變得可見。

作者簡介

Yunsong Chen is Changjiang Distinguished Professor of sociology at the Department of Sociology, Nanjing University. He earned a D.Phil. in sociology from University of Oxford, Nuffield College.

Zhuo Chen is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in sociology at the Department of Sociology, Nanjing University. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Nanjing University.

Wen Ma is Research Associate at the School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing University. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Nanjing University.

Guodong Ju is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in social attitudes at the China Institute, University of Alberta. He earned a Ph.D. from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

陳雲松是南京大學社會學系的長江特聘教授。他在牛津大學的納菲爾德學院獲得社會學的D.Phil.學位。

陳卓是南京大學社會學系的社會學博士後研究員。她在南京大學獲得社會學的博士學位。

馬雯是南京大學新聞與傳播學院的研究助理。她在南京大學獲得社會學的博士學位。

居國東是阿爾伯塔大學中國研究所的社會態度博士後研究員。他在倫敦政治經濟學院（LSE）獲得博士學位。

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