Teaching Computational Social Science for All.

Computational methods have become an integral part of political science research. However, helping students to acquire these new skills is challenging because programming proficiency is necessary, and most political science students have little coding experience. This article presents pedagogical st...

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Publicado en:PS: Political Science & Politics Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 605 - 610
Autores principales: Kim, Jae Yeon, Ng, Yee Man Margaret
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Jul2022
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