08-803 Empirical Methods/Societal Computing Practicum

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course provides an overview and hands on experience with a core of qualitative and quantitative empirical methods, including interviews, qualitative coding, survey design, and experimentation. We will mine and integrate data from and across online repositories such as Twitter, GitHub, and Stack Overflow, and employ a spectrum of analysis techniques, ranging from statistical modeling to social network analysis. Each student will undertake a semesterlong project based on their own research.

Prerequisites: none listed

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