An Introduction to Simulating Human Survey Responses with Large Language Models: Potentials and Pitfalls

A tutorial co-located with the 12th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC²S²) in Burlington, Vermont.

Tutorial Material

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Session 1 — Overview

Session 2 — Survey Simulation Overview

Session 3 — Hybrid Samples

Session 4 — Evaluation and Validation

Session 5 — Risks, Methodological Limitations, and Ethical Reflections