92. The Next Frontier of Social Science - Text as Data: Dr. Justin Grimmer (Co-author of "Text as Data" and Prof. in Stanford's Political Science Department)
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Dr. Justin Grimmer, Professor in Stanford University's Department of Political Science and co-author of Text as Data, and I discuss how and why turning text into data will be the future of the social sciences. Topics:

• **Researching **in the social sciences now
• How machine learning turns text into data
• **Privacy **and data
• **Examples **and impact
• **How to develop **a **career **in this **intersection **of machine learning and social science

Resources:

• *Home Style *- https://amzn.to/3uzqWeY)
• *Cat's Cradle *- https://amzn.to/3AIh9aF)

**Dr. Justin Grimmer **is a Professor in Stanford University's Department of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Co-Director of the Democracy and Polarization Lab.  His research focuses on Congress, elections, social media, and data science.  **Socials! **-Substack: https://taylorbledsoe.substack.com/)Website: https://www.aimingforthemoon.com/)Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiming4moon/)Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aiming4Moon)Taylor's Blog: https://www.taylorgbledsoe.com/)YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6-TwYdfPcWV-V1JvjBXk)**All Amazon Affiliate links help financially support "Aiming for the Moon" while you get a great read or product**