@MerlinJStar I wonder if @psmaldino might have some useful suggestions.
@BatSara For whatever reason, I can't see what this is in response to.
@psmaldino I was responding to this question from @MerlinJStar:
"Any computational social science books folks recommend? Prefer if it's under $100. Located in the US for shipping requirements.
"If you need information about my background, I have a bachelor's in mathematics and a master's in quantitative psychology. I don't have a whole lot of specifically computational knowledge, but I do have quite a bit of psychological and mathematical knowledge."
@psmaldino Paul, I just figured out why you can't see the original poster's question. Unfortunately, your instance has been suspended by theirs. I can't remember the details now, but I recall seeing discussion on the FediBlock hashtag about qoto's admin and problems with moderation, resulting in it being defederated by some instances.
@psmaldino My instance hasn't cut off or been cut off by either yours or Merlin's, so if you do have any recommendations for computational social science books, I can relay them.
@BatSara Anyway... not sure if this is an ask for methodological textbooks or something more general.
Matt Salganik's book is decent, focused on data, and free to read online: https://www.bitbybitbook.com/
A great intro to models, with lots of relevance to social science, is Page's The Model Thinker. https://www.amazon.com/Model-Thinker-What-Need-Know/dp/0465094627
James Evans and Jacob Foster have a book coming out in the next year or so that should be really good. And my own book, a textbook on modeling social systems, is due out in late summer.
@psmaldino I meant to let you know what I said to the person who asked for computational social science book recommendations (slightly revised to fit the character limit)
"I asked Paul Smaldino, a cog sci prof, about this. His instance is blocked by yours, so he couldn't see your question, and when I relayed it to him, you couldn't see his response, but I can vouch for his expertise and helpfulness." Then I copied and pasted the body of your reply. The information was much appreciated!
@psmaldino Many thanks, I will pass that along to the questioner!