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Online Data Collection
Summary of the weekly meetings
BLOCK 3 (feb 2021- apr 2021)
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Lecture 1 – 01-02-2021
How can we obtain online data?
Some core concepts:
1. Manually
2. Search strategies / queries (Boolean operators)
3. Application Programming Interface (API)
4. Scraping (tools or scripts)
5. Programming (R, HTML, XML, JSON)
Note: programming. You can usually get away with modifying existing scripts (possible without
experience)
ODC research cyle
1. General research question
2. Manually inspect the data
3. Refine your research question
4. Determine your strategy:
a. Bulk download
b. Queries
c. Tools
d. APIs
e. Programming
5. Store the data
6. Analyze your data
Lecture 2 – 08.02.2021
Search Strategies and collecting online research data
Why literature searching?
• Systematic review
• Meta-analysis
• Literature/narrative review
Or.. your theoretical framework!
Systematic review
PRISMA flowchart:
Online Data Collection
Summary of the weekly meetings
BLOCK 3 (feb 2021- apr 2021)
, 2
Lecture 1 – 01-02-2021
How can we obtain online data?
Some core concepts:
1. Manually
2. Search strategies / queries (Boolean operators)
3. Application Programming Interface (API)
4. Scraping (tools or scripts)
5. Programming (R, HTML, XML, JSON)
Note: programming. You can usually get away with modifying existing scripts (possible without
experience)
ODC research cyle
1. General research question
2. Manually inspect the data
3. Refine your research question
4. Determine your strategy:
a. Bulk download
b. Queries
c. Tools
d. APIs
e. Programming
5. Store the data
6. Analyze your data
Lecture 2 – 08.02.2021
Search Strategies and collecting online research data
Why literature searching?
• Systematic review
• Meta-analysis
• Literature/narrative review
Or.. your theoretical framework!
Systematic review
PRISMA flowchart:
