{"title":"Kieran Healy","description":"\u003cp\u003eKieran Healy’s works delve into the nuances of social theory and data analysis, offering thoughtful perspectives on how information shapes our understanding of society. His books blend rigorous scholarship with clear explanations, making complex ideas accessible to readers interested in social science and methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect incisive explorations of topics such as data visualisation and social order, presented with a keen eye for detail and clarity. These titles are ideal for those seeking to deepen their grasp of educational and reference materials in contemporary social research.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-ordinal-society-by-marion-fourcade-9780674971141","title":"The Ordinal Society","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping critique of how digital capitalism is reformatting our world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe now live in an \"ordinal society.\" Nearly every aspect of our lives is measured, ranked, and processed into discrete, standardised units of digital information. Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy argue that technologies of information management, fuelled by the abundance of personal data and the infrastructure of the internet, transform how we relate to ourselves and to each other through the market, the public sphere, and the state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe personal data we give in exchange for convenient tools like Gmail and Instagram provides the raw material for predictions about everything from our purchasing power to our character. \u003cem\u003eThe Ordinal Society\u003c\/em\u003e shows how these algorithmic predictions influence people's life chances and generate new forms of capital and social expectation: nobody wants to ride with an unrated cab driver anymore or rent to a tenant without a risk score. As members of this society embrace ranking and measurement in their daily lives, new forms of social competition and moral judgement arise. Familiar structures of social advantage are recycled into measures of merit that produce insidious kinds of social inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile we obsess over order and difference—and the logic of ordinality digs deeper into our behaviours, bodies, and minds—what will hold us together? Fourcade and Healy warn that, even though algorithms and systems of rationalised calculation have inspired backlash, they are also appealing in ways that make them hard to relinquish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455799673068,"sku":"9780674971141","price":90.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61DhicxcVHL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774799079"},{"product_id":"data-visualization-by-kieran-healy-9780691181622","title":"Data Visualization","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn accessible primer on how to create effective graphics from data. This book provides students and researchers a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of data visualization. It explains what makes some graphs succeed while others fail, how to make high-quality figures from data using powerful and reproducible methods, and how to think about data visualization in an honest and effective way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eData Visualization\u003c\/i\u003e builds the reader's expertise in ggplot2, a versatile visualization library for the R programming language. Through a series of worked examples, this accessible primer then demonstrates how to create plots piece by piece, beginning with summaries of single variables and moving on to more complex graphics. Topics include plotting continuous and categorical variables; layering information on graphics; producing effective \"small multiple\" plots; grouping, summarizing, and transforming data for plotting; creating maps; working with the output of statistical models; and refining plots to make them more comprehensible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEffective graphics are essential to communicating ideas and a great way to better understand data. 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