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  1. Oct 2019
    1. Some researchers think that quantitative research is better than qualitative research at establishing causality because of the precise measurements and controlled environment of experiments; however qualitative studies can also be used to establish causality but with less externalvalidity

      I have heard from some people that they use quantitative research more than qualitative in their jobs. But they need each other.

  2. Sep 2019
    1. The explosion of digital social data in recent years has required a response from both the social science and computational science communities.

      Social Sciences can not work without other sciences all the time, we need to explore another knowledge fields and then take some issues to study them from our theories.

      In this case, computational science is very important because of the digital era and of course the globalization. No more stand by.

    2. This article provides further insights into the study of digital life and data in and through ethnographic methods

      For me is interesant how social media life can be related with research methods. As social sciences students we need and have to be pending about big global changes, and our job is to do science with the facts.