Product Description: Quantitative research in social science research is changing rapidly. Researchers have vast and complex arrays of data with which to work: we have incredible tools to sift through the data and recognize patterns in that data; there are now many sophisticated models that we can use to make sense of those patterns; and we have extremely powerful computational systems that help us accomplish these tasks quickly...read more

Product Description: This book is organized in two parts: the first part introduces the reader to all the concepts, tools and references that are required to start conducting research in behavioral computational social science. The methodological reasons for integrating the two approaches are also presented from the individual and separated viewpoints of the two approaches...read more

Product Description: We live in a world of big data: the amount of information collected on human behavior each day is staggering, and exponentially greater than at any time in the past. Additionally, powerful algorithms are capable of churning through seas of data to uncover patterns...read more

Product Description: Historically, social researchers have shown a willingness to exploit new technologies to enhance, facilitate, and support their various activities. However, arguably no other technological development has influenced the landscape of social research as rapidly and fundamentally as the Internet...read more

Product Description: Nothing can depict the scene of a crime, fire, or accident as well as a photograph. As permanent records, photographs are most essential. It thus becomes vital for an investigator to be reasonably well-versed in the art of photography...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: By Arthur A. Kingsbury, Macomb County Community College, Mount Clemens, Michigan. With a Foreword by Wilbur Rykert. Presents an overview reflecting the predominate methods and techniques utilized in security and crime prevention surveying...read more