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A new data infrastructure for the social sciences?

2025/6/4
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David B Grusky: 自然科学非常重视测量，并致力于测量工具的创新。相比之下，我认为社会科学更关注概念创新。如果社会科学像自然科学一样重视测量问题，将会发生什么？我提出了一个思想实验：如果我们对建立社会观测站的承诺与我们对建造太空观测站的承诺相匹配，会怎么样？我将讨论美国的测量基础设施如何不足，以及我们能做些什么。如果真的建立了新的基础设施，它会解决一些问题，也会带来一些新的问题。我将首先介绍这个系统最原始的形式，然后讨论如何通过修改后的基础设施来解决这些问题。

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Contributor(s): Professor David B Grusky | The social sciences rely heavily on legacy data systems conceived to meet challenges of the 20th century (and earlier!). Is this the moment to build a new data system that meets new challenges and exploits new types of technology and data? The purpose of this talk is to sketch out this radical vision, how it might be realized, and the risks that it would entail.