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Bayesian Dynamical Systems Modelling in the Social Sciences

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, January 2014
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Title
Bayesian Dynamical Systems Modelling in the Social Sciences
Published in
PLOS ONE, January 2014
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0086468
Pubmed ID
24466110
Authors

Shyam Ranganathan, Viktoria Spaiser, Richard P. Mann, David J. T. Sumpter

Abstract

Data arising from social systems is often highly complex, involving non-linear relationships between the macro-level variables that characterize these systems. We present a method for analyzing this type of longitudinal or panel data using differential equations. We identify the best non-linear functions that capture interactions between variables, employing Bayes factor to decide how many interaction terms should be included in the model. This method punishes overly complicated models and identifies models with the most explanatory power. We illustrate our approach on the classic example of relating democracy and economic growth, identifying non-linear relationships between these two variables. We show how multiple variables and variable lags can be accounted for and provide a toolbox in R to implement our approach.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 2%
Sweden 1 2%
United Kingdom 1 2%
United States 1 2%
Croatia 1 2%
Unknown 52 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 26%
Researcher 11 19%
Student > Master 9 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Professor 3 5%
Other 9 16%
Unknown 6 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 12 21%
Psychology 8 14%
Mathematics 4 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 5%
Other 17 30%
Unknown 10 18%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 April 2021.
All research outputs
#5,608,270
of 20,983,497 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#61,995
of 179,707 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#67,704
of 285,055 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#2,180
of 8,111 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 20,983,497 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 179,707 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 64% of its peers.
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