University of North Carolina at Charlotte (USA).
Span J Psychol. 2020 Nov 5;23:e44. doi: 10.1017/SJP.2020.45.
Big data and related technologies are radically altering our society. In a similar way, these approaches can transform the psychological sciences. The goal of this commentary is to motivate psychologists to embrace big data science for the betterment of the field. Big data sources, algorithmic methods, and a culture that embraces prediction has the potential to advance our science, improve the robustness and replicability of our research, and allow us to focus more centrally on actual behaviors. We highlight these key transformations, acknowledge criticisms of big data approaches, and emphasize specific ways psychologists can contribute to the big data science revolution.
大数据和相关技术正在彻底改变我们的社会。同样，这些方法也可以改变心理学科学。本评论的目的是激励心理学家接受大数据科学，以促进该领域的发展。大数据来源、算法方法和接受预测的文化有潜力推动我们的科学进步，提高我们研究的稳健性和可重复性，并使我们能够更集中地关注实际行为。我们强调了这些关键的转变，承认了对大数据方法的批评，并强调了心理学家可以为大数据科学革命做出贡献的具体方式。
