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The Five Vs of Big Data Political Science Introduction to the Virtual Issue on Big Data in Political Science Political Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2017

Burt L. Monroe
Burt L. Monroe*
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Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16803, email: burtmonroe@psu.edu
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Political Analysis , Volume 21 , Virtual Issue V5: Big Data in Political Science , April 2013 , pp. 1 - 9
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