Data Visualization in Sociology
Data Visualization in Sociology
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DOI：
10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145551
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
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通讯作者：
Moody, James
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作者：
Healy, Kieran;Moody, James
可视化数据是社会科学工作的核心。尽管社会学有一个很有希望的早期开端，但在视觉工具的使用方面已经落后了。我们回顾了社会学视觉化的历史和现状。通过使用示例，我们将讨论在查看原始数据和呈现统计建模结果方面的最新发展。我们对那些旨在帮助探索数据集的方法和工具与那些旨在帮助向他人展示结果的方法和工具进行了大致的区分。我们认为，最近的进展应该被视为更广泛的转变的一部分，即在研究人员之间和与更广泛的公众之间更容易地共享代码和数据，我们鼓励从业者和出版商努力实现更高、更一致的社会学洞察图形化展示标准。
Visualizing data is central to social scientific work. Despite a promising early beginning, sociology has lagged in the use of visual tools. We review the history and current state of visualization in sociology. Using examples throughout, we discuss recent developments in ways of seeing raw data and presenting the results of statistical modeling. We make a general distinction between those methods and tools designed to help explore data sets and those designed to help present results to others. We argue that recent advances should be seen as part of a broader shift toward easier sharing of code and data both between researchers and with wider publics, and we encourage practitioners and publishers to work toward a higher and more consistent standard for the graphical display of sociological insights.