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'''Social data analysis''' is a style of analysis in which people work in a social, collaborative context to make sense of data. The term was introduced by [[Martin M. Wattenberg|Martin Wattenberg]] in 2005 <ref>2005: Baby Names, Visualization, and Social Data Analysis Martin Wattenberg. IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization.</ref> and recently also addressed as big social data analysis <ref name = "Cambria13">

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</ref> in relation to [[big data]] computing.

Social data analysis comprises two main constiuentconstituent parts: 1) data generated from social networking sites (or through social applications), and 2) sophisticated analysis of that data, in many cases requiring real-time (or near real-time) data analytics, measurements which understand and appropriately weigh factors such as influence, reach, and relevancy, an understanding of the context of the data being analyzed, and the inclusion of time horizon considerations. In short, social data analytics involves the analysis of social media in order to understand and surface insights which is embedded within the data.<ref name = "IBM Emerging Technology">[http://www-01.ibm.com/software/ebusiness/jstart/socialdata/ IBM Emerging Technology - jStart - On the Horizon - Social data analytics]</ref>

==Basic Definitiondefinition==

On a Social Data Analysis system or network, users store data sets and create visual representations. The datasets and visualisations/graphs are accessible to other users of the network or website. Users can create new and interesting visualisations/graphs as well as associated commentary from the same data sets. The discussion mechanisms often use frameworks such as a [[blog]]s and [[wiki]]s to drive this social exploration/[[Collaborative intelligence]].

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This is a new slant on [[business intelligence]] where social exploration of data can lead to serious analysis and important insight that the initiating user did not envisage/explore (for whatever reason).

==How Toto Getget Socialsocial Datadata==

With the development of [[Web 2.0]], social networks are more and more popular. More and more scholars are working on social data analyses, hoping to find interesting results from the analyses. Usually, we can retrieve the social data from a variety of social networks, such as [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]], [[We Feel Fine]], [[Wikipedia]] and etc. Since most of the social networks provide us with the [[API]], it's not difficult for us to retrieve the data. Using [[API]] to get data is like sending a request to the website and then the website returns the requested data in form of [[XML]] or in form of [[JSON]]. Since sometimes the data we request is more private, we may need to pay for the [[API]] in order to get the data we want. Social data can also be fetched by adding [[social login]] by using various plugins or add-ons depending on the CMS [[webmaster]] is using. It can also be helpful for the marketers who do not have coding skills to add APIs manually.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sen|first1=Subhro|title=Why Savvy Marketers Are Hooked on Social Data|url=http://blog.loginradius.com/2014/07/marketers-social-data/|website=Loginradius.com|publisher=LoginRadius Inc.}}</ref>

==Methods of Analysesanalyses==

In most cases, we want to find out the relationships between social data and another event or we want to get interesting results from social data analyses to predict some events. There are some outstanding articles in this field, including ''Twitter Mood Predicts The Stock Market'',<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bollen|first1=Johan|last2=Mao|first2=Huinan|last3=Zeng|first3=Xiaojun|title=Twitter mood predicts the stock market|journal=Journal of Computational Science|date=2011|volume=2|issue=1|pages=1–8}}</ref> ''Predicting The Present With Google Trends''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Choi|first1=Hyunyoung|last2=Varian|first2=Hal|title=Predicting the present with google trends|journal=Economic Record|date=2012|volume=88|issue=s1|pages=2–9}}</ref> and etc. In order to accomplish these goals, we need the appropriate methods to do the analyses. Usually, we use [[statistic]] methods, methods of [[machine learning]] or methods of [[data mining]] to do the analyses.

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* '''Network Analysis''': social data is also interesting in that it migrates, grows (or dies) based on how the data is propagated throughout the network. It's how viral activity starts—and spreads.

== See also ==

* [[Data Analysis]]

* [[Big Data]]

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* [[Social data revolution]]

* [[Economic and Social Data Service]]

==References==

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==External links==

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* [http://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Sciences-Undergraduate-Research-Statistics/dp/0761987363 Data analysis in the social sciences: What about the details? (Aneshensel, Carol S, 2012)]

==References==

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