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The Sociology of Quantification – Perspectives on an Emerging Field in the Social Sciences [PDF]
, 2016 The introductory article to this HSR Special Issue presents the emerging field of sociology of quantification, which can be regarded as a transdisciplinary approach to the analysis of processes of quantification. Processes of categorization and classification are included because they can result in processes of generating figures and numbers also.
Diaz-Bone, Rainer, Didier, Emmanuel
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Quantification and Objectivity. From Statistical Conventions to Social Conventions [PDF]
, 2016 Standard quantification processes and most often their analysis are derived from statistics' technique and approach. Social conventions are at the core of daily life, practical knowledge and coordination between people; statistical conventions are at the heart of cognitive activities developed by statisticians.
Salais, Robert
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eLife, 2021 The study of naturalistic social behavior requires quantification of animals’ interactions. This is generally done through manual annotation—a highly time-consuming and tedious process. Recent advances in computer vision enable tracking the pose (posture)
Cristina Segalin +8 more
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Conceptual Quantification of the Dynamicity of Longitudinal Social Networks [PDF]
2013 International Conference on Social Computing, 2013 A longitudinal social network evolves over time through the creation and/ or deletion of links among a set of actors (e.g. individuals or organizations). Longitudinal social networks are studied by network science and social science researchers to understand networke volution, trend propagation, friendship and belief formation, diffusion of innovation,
Shahadat Uddin +3 more
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History, Quantification, and the Social Sciences [PDF]
American Behavioral Scientist, 1977 Peer Reviewed ; http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67009/2/10.1177_000276427702100202 ...
Clubb, Jerome, Bogue, Allan
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Functioning is the cornerstone of life - Assessing chronic impairment in social functioning
Journal of European Psychology Students, 2010 Impairment in social functioning is the fundament of almost all diagnoses of psychopathology. Intensive research has been performed associating clinical disorders with social dysfunctioning.
Mark Patrick Roeling
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A review of uncertainty quantification in deep learning:techniques, applications and challenges [PDF]
, 2021 Uncertainty quantification (UQ) methods play a pivotal role in reducing the impact of uncertainties during both optimization and decision making processes.
Liu, Li +24 more
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Internet Policy Review, 2019 Datafication is not just the making of information, which, in one sense, human beings have been doing since the creation of symbols and writing. Rather, datafication is a contemporary phenomenon which refers to the quantification of human life through ...
Ulises A. Mejias, Nick Couldry
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JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018 BackgroundDigital devices are driving economic and social transformations, but assessing the uses, perceptions, and impact of these new technologies on diet and physical activity remains a major societal challenge.
Régnier, Faustine, Chauvel, Louis
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Quantification and the economics of convention [PDF]
, 2012 "Analyzing social processes of quantification has close relationship with the origins, core and potentialities of the economics of convention. Quantification and its social organization and goals are now impacted by the turn toward the market for ...
Salais, Robert
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