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P-values are widely used in the social sciences, but often misunderstood: and that’s a problem.

7 March 2016
Author:
Taha Yasseri

P-values are widely used in the social sciences, especially ‘big data’ studies, to calculate statistical significance. Yet they are widely criticized for being easily hacked, and for not telling us ...
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Technology and Fieldwork: Ethnographic quandaries

2 December 2013
Author:
Heather Ford

John McManus studies Turkish football fans in the diaspora at Oxford University’s Center on Migration, Policy and Society (Compas). Editor’s note: This event report is the final post in the ...
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