Advogato Online Open Source Community, 2000-2001 (ICPSR 29101)

Published: Mar 31, 2011

Principal Investigator(s):
Daniel Stewart, Gonzaga University

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29101.v1

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Project Description

Summary

This study analyzed the evolution of the status hierarchy within a large-scale, natural setting. The results of empirical analyses of status ratings within a large online community of software developers showed that, in the process of status attainment, community members tended to evaluate a focal actor's reputation according to publicly available social references, such as the number and status of other evaluators. Ironically, these same social references also worked to produce constraint in an actor's status mobility. In order to manage the large amount of data, a custom-written JAVA script was used to extract the pertinent data from the XML code and then insert the data into a SQL database, from which it was possible to use standard query language to combine information from the discrete panels into a single ASCII data file.

Citation

Stewart, Daniel. Advogato Online Open Source Community, 2000-2001. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-03-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29101.v1

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Subject Terms

internet social attitudes social behavior social influences social interaction social status

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

2000-02 -- 2001-09

Data Collection Notes

This study includes extremely large data files due to the study containing just under 43 million observations.

Methodology

Data Type(s)

experimental data

observational data

Mode of Data Collection

web-based survey

Version(s)

Original Release Date

2011-03-31

Version Date

2011-03-31

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.