Introduction to the Special Collection on the Fragile Families Challenge
Introduction to the Special Collection on the Fragile Families Challenge Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. The Fragile Families Challenge is a scientific mass collaboration designed to measure and…
Friend Request Pending: A Comparative Assessment of Engineering- and Social Science–Inspired Approaches to Analyzing Complex Birth Cohort Survey Data
Friend Request Pending: A Comparative Assessment of Engineering- and Social Science–Inspired Approaches to Analyzing Complex Birth Cohort Survey Data Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. The Fragile Families Challenge…
Imputing Data for the Fragile Families Challenge: Identifying Similar Survey Questions with Semiautomated Methods
Imputing Data for the Fragile Families Challenge: Identifying Similar Survey Questions with Semiautomated Methods Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. The Fragile Families Challenge charged participants to predict six…
Data-Specific Functions: A Comment on Kindel et al.
Data-Specific Functions: A Comment on Kindel et al. Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. In this issue, Kindel et al. describe a new approach to managing survey data in…
Predicting GPA at Age 15 in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
Predicting GPA at Age 15 in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. In this paper, we describe in detail the different approaches…
Variable Selection and Parameter Tuning for BART Modeling in the Fragile Families Challenge
Variable Selection and Parameter Tuning for BART Modeling in the Fragile Families Challenge Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. Our goal for the Fragile Families Challenge was to develop…
Black-Box Models and Sociological Explanations: Predicting High School Grade Point Average Using Neural Networks
Black-Box Models and Sociological Explanations: Predicting High School Grade Point Average Using Neural Networks Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. The Fragile Families Challenge provided an opportunity to empirically…
A Data-Driven Approach to the Fragile Families Challenge: Prediction through Principal-Components Analysis and Random Forests
A Data-Driven Approach to the Fragile Families Challenge: Prediction through Principal-Components Analysis and Random Forests Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. Sociological research typically involves exploring theoretical relationships, but…
Leveraging Multiple Machine-Learning Techniques to Predict Major Life Outcomes from a Small Set of Psychological and Socioeconomic Variables: A Combined Bottom-up/Top-down Approach
Leveraging Multiple Machine-Learning Techniques to Predict Major Life Outcomes from a Small Set of Psychological and Socioeconomic Variables: A Combined Bottom-up/Top-down Approach Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. Predicting…
Humans in the Loop: Incorporating Expert and Crowd-Sourced Knowledge for Predictions Using Survey Data
Humans in the Loop: Incorporating Expert and Crowd-Sourced Knowledge for Predictions Using Survey Data Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. Survey data sets are often wider than they are…
Winning Models for Grade Point Average, Grit, and Layoff in the Fragile Families Challenge
Winning Models for Grade Point Average, Grit, and Layoff in the Fragile Families Challenge Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. In this article, the authors discuss and analyze their…
Predicting Layoff among Fragile Families
Predicting Layoff among Fragile Families Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. The loss of a job is the loss of a major social and economic role and is associated…