04109nam 22006855 450 991033769590332120250609111221.03-030-04786-510.1007/978-3-030-04786-3(CKB)4100000007463702(MiAaPQ)EBC5637232(DE-He213)978-3-030-04786-3(MiAaPQ)EBC5918091(EXLCZ)99410000000746370220190116d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSimulating Societal Change Counterfactual Modelling for Social and Policy Inquiry /by Peter Davis, Roy Lay-Yee1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.ix, 245 pComputational Social Sciences,2509-9574Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Conceptual and Analytical Foundations -- Chapter3. SociaLab. A Dynamic Microsimulation Model -- Chapter4. Tracking Societal Change – Its Major Components -- Chapter5. Data Preparation -- Chapter6. Statistical Analysis -- Chapter7. Simulation -- Chapter8. The “Seven Ages”. A Framework for Social and Policy Issues -- Chapter9. Tracking Societal Change. Descriptive Results -- Chapter10. “What If”? Counterfactual Modelling with SociaLab -- Chapter11. Conclusion.This book presents a method for creating a working model of society, using data systems and simulation techniques, that can be used for testing propositions of scientific and policy nature. The model is based on the example of New Zealand, but will be applicable to other countries. It is expected that collaborators in other countries can emulate this example with their data systems for teaching and policy purposes, producing a cross-national "collaboratory". This enterprise will evolve with, and to a degree independently of, the book itself, with a supporting website as well as teaching and scientific initiatives. Readers of this text will, for the first time, have a simulation-based working model of society that can be interrogated for policy and substantive purposes. This book will appeal to researchers and professionals from various disciplines working within the social sciences, particularly on matters of demography and public policy.Computational Social Sciences,2509-9574Social sciences—Data processingSocial sciences—Computer programsDemographyPublic policyStatisticsSociophysicsEconophysicsComputational Social Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X34000Demographyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X25000Public Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911060Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Lawhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/S17040Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Buildinghttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P33030Social sciences—Data processing.Social sciences—Computer programs.Demography.Public policy.Statistics.Sociophysics.Econophysics.Computational Social Sciences.Demography.Public Policy.Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law.Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building.300.00285303.4Davis Peterauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut459459Lay-Yee Royauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910337695903321Simulating Societal Change2518871UNINA