Research fields

Social sciences

Social scientists analyse survey and study data, report it and share it with the field. Cross-tabulate and model survey responses, then find collaborators and discuss the work across institutions.

LabSpace for social scientists

• Cross-tabulate a national survey

  Cross-tabulate party identification by education in a national election study, with a chi-squared test in the same table.

  1. Load the election survey
  2. Cross-tabulate party by education
  3. Add a chi-squared test
  4. Read the result

• Model vote choice

  Fit a logit model of vote choice on ideology and income, and read the effects as predicted probabilities.

  1. Load the election survey
  2. Fit a logit model of vote choice
  3. Compute predicted probabilities
  4. Plot them across ideology

• Find collaborators

  Search researchers across institutions by topic and method, and reach out from their profile.

  1. Open Find people
  2. Search by topic
  3. See why each person is a match
  4. Send a connection request

The tools behind it

• Stats: Cross-tabulations, regressions and graphs
• Insights: Interactive reports for partners and the public
• People and community: Find collaborators across institutions and discuss work in topic communities
• Conferences: Calls for papers, submissions and reviews