title: Using big data to predict collective behavior in the real world.
abstract: Recent studies provide convincing evidence that data on online information gathering, alongside massive real-world datasets, can give new insights into real-world collective decision making and can even anticipate future actions. We argue that Bentley et al.'s timely account should consider the full breadth, and, above all, the predictive power of big data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. Suzy.Moat@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/suzy-moat/
authors.forename: Helen Susannah
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Moat
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. Tobias.Preis@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/tobias-preis/ Chengwei.Liu@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/chengwei-liu/ Nick.Chater@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/nick-chater/
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Preis
authors.affiliation: Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. olivola@cmu.edu https://sites.google.com/site/chrisolivola/
authors.forename: Christopher Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Olivola
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. Tobias.Preis@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/tobias-preis/ Chengwei.Liu@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/chengwei-liu/ Nick.Chater@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/nick-chater/
authors.forename: Chengwei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. Tobias.Preis@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/tobias-preis/ Chengwei.Liu@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/chengwei-liu/ Nick.Chater@wbs.ac.uk http://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/nick-chater/
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chater
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D012919:Social Behavior; D060756:Social Networking