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View article: Unveiling corruption: exploring drivers of misconduct through the analysis of actual crime data
Unveiling corruption: exploring drivers of misconduct through the analysis of actual crime data Open
This study examines four potential drivers of corruption using a large administrative data set. These potential drivers have been previously tested and confirmed in experimental game studies or studies that used aggregated macro data. In c…
View article: Religion, Crime, and Social Trust in Historic Germany: Are Catholics More Inclined to Violate Social Norms than Protestants?
Religion, Crime, and Social Trust in Historic Germany: Are Catholics More Inclined to Violate Social Norms than Protestants? Open
Are Catholics more inclined to violate social norms than Protestants? A tentative answer is yes due to this confession's attitude towards absolution of sins. Opportunities existed for Christians around Reformation times, for example as sal…
View article: The Quality of Big Data. Development, Problems, and Possibilities of Use of Process-Generated Data in the Digital Age
The Quality of Big Data. Development, Problems, and Possibilities of Use of Process-Generated Data in the Digital Age Open
The paper introduces the HSR Forum on digital data by discussing what big data are. The authors show that big data are not a new type of social science data but actually one of the oldest forms of social science data. In addition, big data…
View article: Digital Data, Administrative Data, and Survey Compared: Updating the Classical Toolbox for Assessing Data Quality of Big Data, Exemplified by the Generation of Corruption Data
Digital Data, Administrative Data, and Survey Compared: Updating the Classical Toolbox for Assessing Data Quality of Big Data, Exemplified by the Generation of Corruption Data Open
In the digital age, new data types have become available that can, potentially, be used in social science research. Besides data that were originally created for scientific purposes (research-elicited data), administrative mass data (tradi…
View article: quantitative approaches to comparative analyses: data properties and their implications for theory, measurement and modelling
quantitative approaches to comparative analyses: data properties and their implications for theory, measurement and modelling Open
While there is an abundant use of macro data in the social sciences, little attention is given to the sources or the construction of these data. Owing to the restricted amount of indices or items, researchers most often apply the 'availabl…