The society of algorithms

J Burrell, M Fourcade - Annual Review of Sociology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The pairing of massive data sets with processes—or algorithms—written in computer code to
sort through, organize, extract, or mine them has made inroads in almost every major social …

Integrating explanation and prediction in computational social science

JM Hofman, DJ Watts, S Athey, F Garip, TL Griffiths… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Computational social science is more than just large repositories of digital data and the
computational methods needed to construct and analyse them. It also represents a …

[BOOK][B] Noise: a flaw in human judgment

D Kahneman - 2021 - books.google.com
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast
and Slow and the coauthor of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad …

[HTML][HTML] Leakage and the reproducibility crisis in machine-learning-based science

S Kapoor, A Narayanan - Patterns, 2023 - cell.com
Machine-learning (ML) methods have gained prominence in the quantitative sciences.
However, there are many known methodological pitfalls, including data leakage, in ML …

Algorithmic injustice: a relational ethics approach

A Birhane - Patterns, 2021 - cell.com
It has become trivial to point out that algorithmic systems increasingly pervade the social
sphere. Improved efficiency—the hallmark of these systems—drives their mass integration …

[BOOK][B] Fairness and machine learning: Limitations and opportunities

S Barocas, M Hardt, A Narayanan - 2023 - books.google.com
An introduction to the intellectual foundations and practical utility of the recent work on
fairness and machine learning. Fairness and Machine Learning introduces advanced …

Early life stress and development: potential mechanisms for adverse outcomes

KE Smith, SD Pollak - Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders, 2020 - Springer
Background Chronic and/or extreme stress in early life, often referred to as early adversity,
childhood trauma, or early life stress, has been associated with a wide range of adverse …

Collaborating during coronavirus: The impact of COVID-19 on the nature of work

E DeFilippis, SM Impink, M Singell, JT Polzer, R Sadun - 2020 - nber.org
We explore the impact of COVID-19 on employee's digital communication patterns through
an event study of lockdowns in 16 large metropolitan areas in North America, Europe and …

[BOOK][B] Education and technology: Key issues and debates

N Selwyn - 2021 - books.google.com
What does the future hold for digital technology and education? What can be learnt from the
history of technology use in education? Does digital technology make education more …

Descriptive, predictive and explanatory personality research: Different goals, different approaches, but a shared need to move beyond the Big Few traits

R Mõttus, D Wood, DM Condon… - European Journal …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
We argue that it is useful to distinguish between three key goals of personality science—
description, prediction and explanation—and that attaining them often requires different …