The Next Frontier of Social Science - Text as Data: Dr. Justin Grimmer (Co-author of "Text as Data" and Prof. in Stanford's Political Science Department)(Ep. 92)

Written By Taylor Bledsoe

Dr. Justin Grimmer

Dr. Justin Grimmer, Professor in Stanford University's Department of Political Science and co-author of Text as Data, and I discuss how and why turning text into data will be the future of the social sciences.

Topics:

  • Researching in the social sciences now

  • How machine learning turns text into data

  • Privacy and data

  • Examples and impact

  • How to develop a career in this intersection of machine learning and social science


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Dr. Justin Grimmer is a Professor in Stanford University's Department of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Co-Director of the Democracy and Polarization Lab. His research focuses on Congress, elections, social media, and data science.

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