#Win or #Fail?
Measuring Researcher Attitudes toward Open Data Using Sentiment Analysis of Twitter
Sara Mannheimer
Montana State University
@saramannheimer
#dlfforum
27 October 2014
Sentiment analysis
Genomics
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Economics
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Paleontology
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Limitations
Only measures Twitter-active researchers
Sentiment analysis accuracy
Small sample size
Method of identifying data-related tweets
So, what's the point?
Guide data outreach efforts
Better understanding of research communities
What's next?
More data sources
More disciplines
Partnerships = scale
Sara Mannheimer
@saramannheimer
Scott W.H. Young
@hei_scott
Jim Espeland
james.espeland@montana.edu
Research team:
#Win or #Fail
By Sara Mannheimer