Following last week’s overview this post provides a bit more detail on the doing of social media analysis. This course ran for three weeks, each week focusing on a different aspect and using a different tool: understanding & gathering (TAGS), analysing (Tableau), and visualising with social network analysis(Gephi). As stated, the course does work for…
My first, uninformed answer to the question what is big data? was ‘stuff off social media’. In particular, social media familiar to me and that is accessible – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. Much of the content on Facebook or Instagram is shared ‘privately’ between users that are connected to each other in a closed network. Twitter,…
When I was ready to start doing more with data, I went looking for courses that would help me achieve three things: Test and refresh my understanding of basic statistical concepts when analysing or interpreting data Introduce me to the skills and tools I would need to work with big data, including the role for…