Programming with Python for social scientists. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Phillip Brooker.
• Authors: Brooker, Phillip
• Contents: Introduction; Chapter 1.What is Programming? And What Could it Mean for Social Science Research?; Chapter 2. Programming-as-Social-Science (Critical Coding; Chapter 3.Setting Up to Start Coding; Chapter 4.Core Concepts/Objects; Chapter 5.Structuring Objects; Chapter 6.Building Better Code with (Slightly) More Complex Concepts/Objects; Chapter 7.Building New Objects with Classes; Chapter 8.Useful Extra Concepts/Practices; Chapter 9.Designing Research that Features Programming; Chapter 10.Working with Text Files; Chapter 11.Data Collection: Using Social Media APIs; Chapter 12.Data Decoding/Encoding in Popular Formats (CSV, JSON and XML); Chapter 13.Data Collection: Web Scraping; Chapter 14.Visualising Data; Conclusion: Using Your Programming-as-Social-Science Mindset
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.1330243; Python (Computer program language); Social sciences -- Data processing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526486349
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