2 papers
stat.ME2016
New Survey Questions and Estimators for Network Clustering with Respondent-Driven Sampling Data
Ashton M. Verdery, Jacob C. Fisher, Nalyn Siripong +2
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a popular method for sampling hard-to-survey populations that leverages social network connections through peer recruitment. While RDS is most f…
cs.CY2016
Enhancing Big Data in the Social Sciences with Crowdsourcing: Data Augmentation Practices, Techniques, and Opportunities
Nathaniel D. Porter, Ashton M. Verdery, S. Michael Gaddis
The importance of big data is a contested topic among social scientists. Proponents claim it will fuel a research revolution, but skeptics challenge it as unreliably measured and d…