Data Science and Social Research: Epistemology, Methods, Technology and Applications

Preface.- INDEX.- Introduction. Enrica Amaturo, Biagio Aragona.- Part I Epistemology: On Data, Big Data and Social Research. Is It a Real Revolution? Federico Neresini.-New Data Science - The Sociological Point of View; Biagio Aragona.- Data Revolutions in Sociology; Barbara Saracino.- Blurry Boundaries: Internet, Big New Data and Mixed-Method Approach; Enrica Amaturo, Gabriella Punziano.- Social Media and the Challenge of Big Data/Deep Data Approach; Giovanni Boccia Artieri.- Governing by Data - Some Considerations on the Role of Learning Analytics in Education; Rosanna De Rosa.- Part II Methods, Software and Data Architectures: A Knowledge-based Model for Clustering and Hierarchical Disjoint Non-negative Factor Analysis; Mario Fordellone, Maurizio Vichi.- TaLTaC 3.0. A Multi-levelWeb Platform for Textual Big Data in the

Social Sciences; Sergio Bolasco and Giovanni De Gasperis.- Latent Growth and Statistical Literacy; Emma Zavarrone.- University of Bari's Website Evaluation; Laura Antonucci, Marina Basile, Corrado Crocetta, Viviana D'Addosio, Francesco D. d'Ovidio, Domenico Viola.- Advantages of Administrative Data - Three Analyses of Students' Careers in Higher Education; Andrea Amico, Giampiero D'Alessandro, Alessandra Decataldo.- Growth Curve Models to Detect Walking Impairment: the Case of InCHIANTI Study; Catia Monicolini, Carla Rampichini.- 1) Recurrence Analysis - Method and Applications; Maria Carmela Catone, Paolo Diana, Marisa Faggini.- Part III On-line Data Applications: Big Data and Network Analysis - A Promising Integration for Decision-Making; Giovanni Giuffrida, Simona Gozzo, Francesco Mazzeo Rinaldi, Venera Tomaselli.- White House Under Attack - Introducing Distributional Semantic Model for the Analysis of US Crisis Communication Strategies; Fabrizio Esposito, Estella Esposito, Pierpaolo Basile.- #theterrormood - Studying the World Mood after the Terror Attacks on Paris and Bruxelles; Rosanna Cataldo, Roberto Galasso, Maria Gabriella Grassia, Marina Marino; Learning Analytics in MOOCs - EMMA Case; Maka Eradze, and Kairit Tammets.- Tweet-Tales: Moods of Socio-Economic Crisis? Grazia Biorci, Antonella Emina, Michelangelo Puliga, Lisa Sella, Gianna Vivaldo.- The Sentiment of the Infosphere - A Sentiment Analysis Approach for the Big Conversation on the Net; Antonio Ruoto, Vito Santarcangelo, Davide Liga, Giuseppe Oddo, Massimiliano Giacalone, Eugenio Iorio.- The Promises of Sociological Degrees - A Lexi-cal Correspondence Analysis of Masters Syllabi; Davide Borrelli, Roberto Serpieri, Danilo Taglietti, Domenico Trezza.- Part IV Off-line Data Applications: Exploring Barriers in the Sustainable Microgeneration Preliminary In-sights Thought the PLS-PM Approach; Ivano Scotti, Dario Minervini.- Individual Disadvantage and Training Policies - The Constructions of "Model-based" Composite Indicators; Rosanna Cataldo - Maria Gabriella Grassia - Carlo Lauro - Elena Ragazzi - Lisa Sella.- Measuring the Intangibles - Testing the Human Capital Theory Against the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies; Federica Cornali.- Analysis of the Employment Transitions and Analysis of the Unemployment Risk in the Social Security Account Statements of the Patronato ACLI; Danilo Catania, Alessandro Serini, Gianfranco Zucca.- Integrated Education Microdata to Support Statistics Production; Maria Carla Runci, Grazia Di Bella and Francesca Cuppone.- Latent Growth and Statistical Literacy; Zavarrone, Grassia.