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Modesty can be constructive: Linking theory and evidence in social science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2014

Steven N. Durlauf
Steven N. Durlauf*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI 53706. sdurlauf@ssc.wisc.eduhttp://www.ssc.wisc.edu/econ/Durlauf/
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Abstract

This commentary argues that Bentley et al.’s mapping of shifts in collective human behavior provides a novel vision of how social science theory can inform large data set analysis.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 81
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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