Introduction to Data in Social Context.

The article focuses on the college class "Introduction to Data in Social Context" offered at Virginia Tech beginning in spring 2017. The authors discuss the origins of the class, note that the class is cross-listed with the Department of Sociology and the Department of Science, Technology, and Socie...

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Published in:Journal of American History Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 760 - 769
Main Authors: Ewing, E Thomas, Davitt, Marcia S, Plummer, Sarah, Steinhauer, Hannah, Winling, LaDale
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Published: Oxford University Press / USA Mar2025
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          Professor of history at Virginia Tech
          Adjunct instructor in history at Virginia Tech
          Postdoctoral associate in history at Virginia Tech
          Doctoral candidate in the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought at Virginia Tech
          Associate professor of history at Virginia Tech
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        Data analysis
        Acquisition of data
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