Chris Bail
Duke University
Website: https://www.chrisbail.net
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chris_bail
Github: https://github.com/cbail
Incomplete
Inaccessible
Non-Representative
Drifting
Algorithmic Confounding
Dirty
Sensitive
-Survey response rates are low
-Survey response rates are low
-Many of our most important questions require longitudinal/relational/qualitative data
-Survey response rates continue to drop
-Many of the most important questions require longitudinal/relational/qualitative data
-Digital trace data have a number of major advantages that conventional sources do not (big, always on, non-reactive)
Incomplete
Inaccessible
Non-Representative
Drifting
Algorithmic Confounding
Dirty
Sensitive
A web or mobile-based tool built by a researcher in order to:
A web or mobile-based tool built by a researcher in order to:
a) collect public and/or private data produced by social media users from an API;
A web or mobile-based tool built by a researcher in order to:
a) collect public and/or private data produced by social media users from an API;
b) collect supplemental information from such users (e.g. demographics) using more conventional survey methods;
A web or mobile-based tool built by a researcher in order to:
a) collect public and/or private data produced by social media users from an API;
b) collect supplemental information from such users (e.g. demographics) using more conventional survey methods;
c) offer something back to the user as an incentive to share their data (e.g. analysis or financial incentives)
A web or mobile-based tool built by a researcher in order to:
a) collect public and/or private data produced by social media users from an API;
b) collect supplemental information from such users (e.g. demographics) using more conventional survey methods;
c) offer something back to the user as an incentive to share their data (e.g. analysis or financial incentives)
See: Bail 2015
Significant coding skills required (html, css, cloud-computing, reactive programming)
Competitive environment for attention (apps are no longer “new”)
Concerns about data sharing/privacy
Compelling incentives are hard to identify- and particularly challenging for studies of sensitive topics. But financial incentives may be an important option going forward.
Shiny is a (relatively) new tool that enables people to build, compile, and host interactive apps natively within RStudio
Check out the R code here.