A THICK DATA APPROACH

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A THICK DATA APPROACH

How Exploratory Political Studies Advance Our Understanding about Politics?

Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University MPSA Annual Meeting, April 6-9, 2017

Cheng-shan (Frank) LIU

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WHERE ARE WE STANDING?

 What do empirical study scholars pursue in their re search?

 Positivists: theory development (causal inferenc e)

 Scientific Realists: mechanism

 Pragmatists: solutions for solving practical prob lems

 Interpretivists: representation of meaning

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A MISSING PROMISE: MEANING M INING

 What if we prioritize drawing

meaning from data as our purp

ose of research?

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A NEW CONCEPTUAL MAP OF KNOWLEDGE GENER

ATION

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THE DISTRIBUTION OF TAIWAN VOTERS ALONG

NATIONALISM AND P ERCEPTION ABOUT R OC

(TSCS2013, N=1,95 2)

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1

^ST

GENERATION: BORN BEFORE 1

931

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2

^ND

GENERATION: BORN 1932~195

3

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3

^RD

GENERATION: BORN 1954~196

8

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4

^TH

GENERATION: BORN 1969~197

8

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5

^TH

GENERATION: BORN 1979~198

8

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4 1 2 3

5

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WHILE THE 2

^ND

GENERATION START TO DOUBT RO C LEGITIMACY, THE 5

^TH

HAS REDEFINE ROC AS TAIWANESE PEOPLE’S ROC.

It is almost impossible to see this using conventional approach.

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Webpanel 2015-2016

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TSCS2013

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WEBPANEL 201 5-2016

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CONCLUDING THOUGHTS:

1. DATA MINING FOR DATA-BASED INTERPRETA TION

2. THICK DATA AS AN APPROACH BY WHICH SC

HOLARS COULD COLLABORATE FOR MEANING MIN

ING.

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ONE TAIWAN,

ONE CHINA?

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A THICK DATA APPROACH