Intelligent research design for data intensive social science
Who we serve D-Lab helps UC Berkeley undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff move forward with world-class research in data intensive social science and humanities.
What we do D-Lab assists the Berkeley community with the full range of research development, research design and data acquisition. We offer guidance in statistical methods and results to data visualization and communication.
Who we are D-Lab is comprised of scholars who create a learning community that teaches workshops and offers consultations. Join us!
by Nanqin Ying. As social media platforms enforce stricter policies against unauthorized data collection, businesses and researchers must adapt to new API-based access models. This shift limits large-scale web scraping, impacting industries reliant on social media insights. The transition to paid...Read more about The Evolving Landscape of Web Scraping on Social Media Platforms
by Jane (Mango) Angar. Disability is a social construct shaped by systemic exclusion rather than an inherent impairment. Society predominantly views disability through medical and economic lenses, leading to discrimination and marginalization. Disability rights have been hard-won through activism,...Read more about Teaching Truth, Resisting Erasure: Disability Politics in a Changing America
by Elijah Mercer. Data literacy is a powerful tool for empowerment, especially for historically marginalized communities. Through Data Cafecito at Roadmap to Peace and helping teach Data 4AC at UC Berkeley, Elijah Mercer helps bridge the gap between data, advocacy, and justice. Data Cafecito...Read more about Teaching Data Science as a Tool for Empowerment
by Bruno Smaniotto. Consider the following game: You are given the option to choose between two coins to flip. These coins are possibly biased, so the probability of getting Heads for each coin might differ from 50/50. Each time that you flip Heads, you win one dollar. There are a total of 10...Read more about Which Coin Should I Flip? The Multi-Arm Bandit
