University of Maryland

Social Data Science Center

Social Data Science Center

Counting what matters until all are seen

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Social data science – combining the social sciences and information science in which the analysis of big data is linked to social scientific theory and analysis.

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Societal challenges produce passionate problem solvers.
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News & Events

SoDa Symposium: Quantitative Methodology with Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation
SoDa Symposium: Big data and Small Experiments: Navigating theory building in a world with too much information
Connect@IPSDS – A virtual data science conference presented by the International Program in Survey and Data Science (IPSDS), a SoDa Center affiliate program

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College of Information StudiesCollege of Behavioral and Social Sciences