Re: [Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

While a fan of Jenna Lyons, thick data seems to have its limits . *(I haven't read the article in question.) On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Jonathan Morgan wrote: > Leila, > > I consider much of the

Re: [Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

Leila, I consider much of the research I do to be ethnographic* in nature. But like you, Leila, my background is in one of these new-fangled hybrid disciplines**, and quote-un-quote real social scientists might bristle when I claim that term. Abbey, Daisy, and Sherah are going to embark on a trip

Re: [Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

Hi Asaf and Raul, The shorter version: My background tells me that ethnographers bring a new perspective and depth to many quantitative research endeavours. I am fully on board that for some projects you cannot rely on quantitative analysis alone. The longer version: As a researcher in the Founda

Re: [Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Aaron Halfaker wrote: > I should add that the research-and-data team is also on board with this > approach. Honestly, I think it's a little silly that we make the > distinction between methodological expertise when we split the team up. > +1. I should have said

Re: [Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

I should add that the research-and-data team is also on board with this approach. Honestly, I think it's a little silly that we make the distinction between methodological expertise when we split the team up. But "thick data", come on. We can get a better term than that? How about "meaningful m

Re: [Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

Thanks for sharing this, Asaf and Raul. The design research team is (obviously) onboard with this approach. Related: here's a post on doing ethnographic work in a Wikipedia context, written for Medium by veteran Wikiresearcher Heather Ford: https://medium.com/ethnography-matters/what-does-it-mean-

Re: [Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

Hi Asaf -- Thanks for sharing this. It's a good article and there's a lot to agree with. Certainly there's a clear need for both qualitative and quantitive research and figuring out how to combine them is a worthwhile challenge. A lot of modern productive development practices stress empathy, meet

Re: [Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

Awesome reading, I liked it a lot. Thanks! On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Estonian Wikipedian Raul Veede, User:Oop, asked to relay this link to "the > metrics people", so I am sending it here and to the Community Engagement > team at the Wikimedia Foundation. > >

[Analytics] [link] Why Big Data Needs Thick Data

Estonian Wikipedian Raul Veede, User:Oop, asked to relay this link to "the metrics people", so I am sending it here and to the Community Engagement team at the Wikimedia Foundation. https://medium.com/ethnography-matters/why-big-data-needs-thick-data-b4b3e75e3d7#.xxhn4bpvc Cheers, A. --