Data Analytics (DT228B)
Research Writing and Scientific LiteratureDublin Institute of Technology
Assignment part 1: Search Strategy
Date: 2.11.2013
Search Strategy
Finding a topic
Finding a topic was very difficult as computer
science as a whole and data analytics in particular is a very broad area of
study. A topic of interest might not be
the topic can be very challenging. It might not be a topic where one is already
skilled or it might be a topic that one is particularly interested but it might
not be the areas of study where one wishes to contribute. It might also not be
the area that needs further development based on one’s intention or need of the
society or of a particular society if one happens to have a particular focus.
Somehow by comparing the pros and the cons and
usefulness of my intention to my target environment I decided on the topic:
Utilization of Data Analytics for improvements in
the developing world
First task was to get some comprehensive overview
on this research area by trying to acquire some relevant and trusted
information on the topic by searching for research papers and company white
papers, journals and articles, conferences, podcasts, books and websites on the
topic
Overview of Data Analytics and Developing World
Data Analytics - Simply put, Data Analytics is the
process of gathering data and then inspecting the data, cleaning the data,
transforming the data and modelling the data in order to be able to find
patterns or discover some knowledge from the data that can be used to make
future predictions or simply used to make good decisions
Developing World – developing world are countries
or nations with low standard of living, less developed industries and low human
development index compared to other countries
Developing country, Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_world[Accessed: 02.11.2013]
Initial research to
gather more information
There are lots of websites and links that one can
get from searching any topic. The challenge is to be able to find the good and
relevant websites that are not fake and then to be able to filter the relevant
information from the search result. Assuming one is on the correct website or
search engine filtering the search result can be based on the specific topic
and more specific criteria relevant to the topic sentence. To achieve this it
is necessary to create some keywords or words combination and review the search
results
Creating Keywords from
the topic
Before creating the keywords it was necessary to
first split the topic into concepts that will be a shorter combination of
words. The concept can be of every possible variety of words combinations. It
somehow seems like applying statistical probability theory but every words
combination can produce a unique search result that will be of vital importance
in the research.More information can be found in my post titled “keywords”
Some of the words combinations are:
· Data analytic utilization in development
· Using Data Analytics
· Development in underdeveloped countries
· Development using data analytics
· Developing with data analytics
· Data analytics in rural development
· ICT Development in poor countries
· Data analysis and countries development
· Data analytics and development
· Data analytics advantages
· Advantages of data analytics
· Benefits of data analytics
· Uses of data analytics
· Pros of data analytics
· Data analytics in government
· Data analytics in economic
Finding synonyms
Apart from the keywords or words combination
concept it is also important to try to find synonyms to the words because this
will help further in the searching process. The reason for this is because most
search engines and databases might have the same information stored under
different names or stored under a different title using a word that is just the
synonym of what we are looking for.
I have more information of on this in the
post titled “possible synonyms”
Some of the synonyms:· Developing world; developing countries; developing nations
· Under-developed countries; underdeveloped
· Third world nations; third world countries
· Data Analytics; analytics solution; business analytics; business intelligence;
· Utilization; application; employment; implementation; exertion; usage; operation; use;
· Development; growth; advancement; evolution; expansion; improvement; progress; developing; advancing; increasing; progress; progression; augmentation; boost; evolving;
· Analysis; study; search; investigation; inquiry
Brainstorming the
topic
In the post titled “Brainstorming
the topic” I tried to further decompose the topic into further smaller chunks
and into other possible areas of study and of relevance using PESLTE analysis
method and a self-composed acronym - MMECT(manufacturing, Medical, Education,
Commercial and Transportation)
What is a PESTLE Analysis?
PESTLE is an
acronym that stands for "political, economic, social, technological, legal
and environmental." PESTLE analysis is used to identify various external
political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factorsGregory Hamel, (Demand Media), Reason to Use SWOT & PESTLE Analysis
Available:
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/reason-use-swot-pestle-analysis-40810.html,
[Accessed:29th October 2013]
Political: political data
analysis; data analytics in politics; data analytics and
politics; data analysis and politics; data analysis in politics; data analysis
in political development; development and data analytics/analytics; political
trends and data analysis; data analysis in government; data analysis in
institutions; the use of data analysis in political
institutions/parastatals/organizations/organisations/ departments
Economics: economic data
analysis; economic Analytics; economic analysis in ICT; economic development
and data analysis; big data and economic analysis
Social: analyzing/analysing
social network data; role of data analytics in social media;
analysing/analyzing data from social media/social network; developing the
social network with data analytics; improving the social network with data
analytics; implementing data analytics in social network/social media; applying
data analysis in social network; big data and social network
Technological: technical data analysis; growth of data analytics in technology; role
of data analytics in technology; using data analytics for further development;
exploring data analytics in technology
Legal: legal data analysis;
role of data analytics in legal systems; using data analytics to combat crimes;
using data analytics to capture criminals; using data analytics to prevent
crimes; using data analytics to control crimes; using data analytics in
criminal investigations; using data as evidence in court
Environmental: big data in environmental development; maps and data analytics; big data
and the environment; environmental data analysis
manufacturing: data analytics in
manufacturing
Medical: data analytics in
medicine; application of data analytics in medical science; bioinformatics and
data analysis
Educational: introducing data
analysis in educational syllabus; using data analysis to improve
learning/education; promoting research in data analytics; research in data
analytics
Commercial: improving trade using
data analysis; developing export and import using data analysis; commercial use of data analysis
Transportation: planning road network using big data; development using statistical
data; controlling traffic using data analysis; development infrastructure using
data analysis
Identifying available
resources
After creating the concepts with possible keywords
and word combinations the next step is to try to identify available resources
where the information can be found. Details of this step can be found in the
post “Journal sources and ACM Digital Library”, “Journal review sheet”, “Conferences”
and “Databases”A list of some Available resources
The DIT Library both the physical shelves and the online resources, Journals, conferences, books, white papers, articles, podcasts, blogs; Forums, news magazines
The DIT library also provide a service by creating
an Athens account for student and with this created account a student can
access most of the Digital libraries and have full access to the Journals
A list of the sites I accessed includes:
Search engines like Google scholarDatabases like ACM, IEEE,
Digital libraries
More details can be found n the post “Journal sources and ACM Digital Library”, “Journal review
sheet”, “Conferences” and “Databases”
The Review sheet
The review list is on the post titled “Journal review sheet”
Journals list
A complete list of the Journals is in the post “Journal
review sheet”. Some of the Journals I found in my search are:
1.
International Journal of Data Analysis
Techniques and Strategies
ISSN:
17558050, 17558069
This
Journal explains the topic in-depth with real world examples and in a way that
non Analysts can also understand
2.
Advances in Data Analysis and Classification
ISSN:
18625347, 18625355
This Journal also explains the topic in a variety of ways especially from
a statistically perspective
3.
Educational
modelling language: modelling reusable, interoperable, rich and personalised
units of learning.
ISSN: 1467-8535
The Authors of this Journal are Rob
Koper and Jocelyn Manderveld and it was
first published in August of 2004. It is a series from the British Journal of
Educational Technology with 9000 citations. The Journal weights in on the
importance of introducing Technologies into educational system
4.
Journal: ACM transactions on management
information systems
ISSN:2158-656X EISSN:2158-6578
This Journal deals with the development of Analytical technologies that
can be used to analyse business data in a way that will provide knowledge of
how to improve on business and market processes so as to be able to achieve
better operational efficiency and customer satisfaction
5.
Bringing Analytics to the Masses
ISSN : 0018-9162
This Journal explains the possibilities available to the ordinary,
non-technology oriented people. It shows that there are ready-made technology
packages with in-built, so-to-speak, analytics capabilities
More
information on the Journals can be found in the post “Journal review sheet”
Conferences list1. Proceedings of the sixth Australasian conference on Data mining and analytics - Volume 70
ISBN: 978-1-920682-51-4
2. Proceedings of the 2006 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing
ISBN:0-7695-2700-0
3. Behavior Informatics and Analytics: Let Behavior Talk
E-ISBN : 978-0-7695-3503-6 Print ISBN: 978-0-7695-3503-6
4. Analytic estimation of subsample spatial shift using the phases of multidimensional analytic signals
ISSN: 1057-7149, EISSN: 1941-0042
5. PALAPA - Distributed power generation for the development of underdeveloped villages in Indonesia
ISSN : 2155-6822 Print ISBN: 978-1-4577-0753-7
Full details on the conferences can be found in the post “Conferences”
Databases
Some of the databases I accessed are:1. Academic Search Premier (EBSCO): http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic-search-premier
2.
JSTOR:
http://www.jstor.org/
A list of the databases can be found in the post Databases
Additional resources
Additional resources I found useful
was the DIT library. There are lot of journals available also online. Other materials
that were of relevance were research articles available on most of the research
databases, podcast and even videos on youtube from some of the authors of the
journals are also available. There are also blogs like http://ws-dl.blogspot.ie/
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