Section on Mathematical Sociology / Computational Sociology (Cosponsored with Section on Methodology)

James A. Kitts, University of Massachusetts

Microinfluence and Macrodynamics of Opinion Formation: Results From Two Field Experiments and a Natural Experiment - Michael Maes, University of Groningen; Bernhard Clemm von Hohenberg, European University Institute, Florence; Bary Pradelski, ETH Zurich

A Dynamic Process Interpretation of the Sparse ERGM Reference Model - Carter T. Butts, University of California-Irvine

Text Topics: Texting in Middle School - Anthony Paik, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Hsin Fei Tu, University of Massachusetts; Anthony Rainey, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Tanya Rouleau Whitworth, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Karen Heimer, University of Iowa; Octav Chipara, University of Iowa; Marizen Ramirez, University of Minnesota

What Topic Model Should I Choose? Measurement Error Induced by Model Choice in Automated Text Analysis - Hjalmar Bang Carlsen; Snorre Ralund, University of Copenhagen

How to Make Causal Inferences Using Texts - Naoki Egami, Princeton; Christian Fong, Stanford University; Justin Grimmer, University of Chicago; Margaret Roberts, University of California-San Diego; Brandon Michael Stewart, Princeton University