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The chapters in this volume have been selected to provide an informative introduction to innovations in social science research methods and tools, along with a review of issues and challenges that remain to be resolved if researchers are to enjoy the full benefits of the innovations.

The chapters reflect the various ways in which social science research has changed under the influence of both new sources of social data and innovations in research infrastructure and tools. The social sciences are known for diversity of methods, and their quite different ideas about how to study and make sense of the social world. One fundamental distinction is what is often referred to as the quantitative-qualitative divide and another is between the use of primary and secondary data. Innovative digital tools have the capacity to blur both distinctions, as several chapters reveal.