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Macy, Michael; Tsvetkova, Milena – Sociological Methods & Research, 2015
Noise is widely regarded as a residual category--the unexplained variance in a linear model or the random disturbance of a predictable pattern. Accordingly, formal models often impose the simplifying assumption that the world is noise-free and social dynamics are deterministic. Where noise is assigned causal importance, it is often assumed to be a…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Models, Social Science Research, Sociology