Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University

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academic research center research institute

The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University is a research center dedicated to advancing empirical and computational methods for the study of social and political phenomena.

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Label	Occurrences
Institute for Quantitative Social Science	4
Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science	2
Center for Geographic Analysis	1
Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University canonical	1
Quantitative Social Science Fellows program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31022 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University
Context triple: [Gary King, founded, Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University]

A. Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School is Harvard University's graduate school of public policy and public administration, renowned for training leaders in government, politics, and international affairs.
B. Harvard University Department of Government
The Harvard University Department of Government is a leading political science department renowned for its research and teaching on politics, governance, and public policy.
C. Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is Harvard University's primary graduate school for advanced study and research in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
D. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is a leading graduate institution dedicated to advancing public health through research, education, and policy, and is part of Harvard University.
E. Schwarzman College of Computing
Schwarzman College of Computing is MIT’s interdisciplinary hub for computer science, artificial intelligence, and computing-related research and education across the institute.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University
Target entity description: The Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University is a research center dedicated to advancing empirical and computational methods for the study of social and political phenomena.

A. Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School is Harvard University's graduate school of public policy and public administration, renowned for training leaders in government, politics, and international affairs.
B. Harvard University Department of Government
The Harvard University Department of Government is a leading political science department renowned for its research and teaching on politics, governance, and public policy.
C. Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is Harvard University's primary graduate school for advanced study and research in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
D. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is a leading graduate institution dedicated to advancing public health through research, education, and policy, and is part of Harvard University.
E. Schwarzman College of Computing
Schwarzman College of Computing is MIT’s interdisciplinary hub for computer science, artificial intelligence, and computing-related research and education across the institute.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic research center ⓘ research institute ⓘ
abbreviation	IQSS ⓘ
affiliation	Ivy League ⓘ
campus	Harvard University campus ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Harvard Business School ⓘ Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences ⓘ linked to: Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School ⓘ Harvard Law School ⓘ Harvard Medical School ⓘ Harvard School of Public Health ⓘ linked to: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
emphasis	causal inference methods ⓘ large-scale data analysis in social science ⓘ open-source software for social science research ⓘ reproducible research in the social sciences ⓘ statistical methodology for social research ⓘ
field	computational social science ⓘ data science ⓘ political science ⓘ quantitative social science ⓘ social science ⓘ statistics ⓘ
focus	computational methods in social science ⓘ data-intensive research in the social sciences ⓘ empirical methods in social science ⓘ methodological innovation in social research ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
mission	advancing empirical and computational methods for the study of social and political phenomena ⓘ
name	Institute for Quantitative Social Science ⓘ linked to: Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University
nonProfitStatus	non-profit ⓘ
offers	computing resources for social science research ⓘ data services for researchers ⓘ research infrastructure for social scientists ⓘ training in quantitative methods ⓘ training in statistical computing ⓘ
parentOrganization	Harvard University ⓘ
researchType	applied research ⓘ basic research ⓘ
sector	higher education ⓘ
supports	faculty research ⓘ graduate student research ⓘ interdisciplinary research ⓘ undergraduate research ⓘ
website	https://iqss.harvard.edu/ ⓘ

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