02575cam a2200349 i 4500 9442157 CaAEU 20250617082326.0 200401s2020 enka b 001 0 eng 2020002293 9781509539277 hardback 9781509539284 paperback 9781509539291 epub 9781509544202 adobe pdf on1144485849 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO YDX BDX OCLCQ OCLCF AEKC English pcc HM511 .L56 2020 Lindgren, Simon, author. 25482 Data theory : interpretive sociology and computational methods / Simon Lindgren. Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2020. 198 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Beyond Method — Decoding Social Forms — Unintended Consequences — Actor-Networks — Collective Representations — Symbolic Power — Theoretical I/O. The datafication of our world offers huge challenges and opportunities for social science. The ‘data-drivenness’ of computational research can occur at the expense of theoretical reflection and interpretation. Additionally, it can be difficult to reconcile the ‘quantitative’ dimensions of big data with the ‘qualitative’ sensibilities needed for its understanding. At the same time, this opens up possibilities for reimagining key principles of social inquiry. In this experimental and provocative book, Simon Lindgren argues that a hybrid approach to data and theory must be developed in order to make sense of today's ambivalent, turbulent, and media-saturated political landscape. He pushes for the development of a critical science of data, joining the interpretive theoretical and ethical sensibilities of social science with the predictive and prognostic powers of data science and computational methods. In order for theories and research methods to be more useful and relevant, they must be dismantled and put together in new, alternative, and unexpected ways. Data Theory is essential reading for social scientists and data scientists, as well as students taking courses in social theory and data, digital methods, big data, and data and society. Provided by publisher. Sociology Methodology. 11151 Sociology Research. Sociology Statistical methods. Social sciences Methodology 9432 lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-06-17 0 HM511 LIN B07560 2025-12-12 1 2025-06-17 1 4754 4754