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Jun 2015
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Chris Zorn on ’Big Data' in the Social S...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Chris Zorn discusses teaching quantitative methods focussing on (a) integrating contemporary data science approaches into undergraduate instruction, and (b) using "big data" examples to generate and maintain students' interest. 
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