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New Preprint with Johannes Breuer released

Publishing Combined Web Tracking and Survey Data

In a latest publication Johannes Breuer participated on publishing a preprint about "Publishing Combined Web Tracking and Survey Data".

3. July 2023

Munzert, S., Ramirez-Ruiz, S., Watteler, O., Breuer, J., Batzdorfer, V., Eder, C., … Yang, J. (2023, June 28). Publishing Combined Web Tracking and Survey Data. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/y4v8z

Abstract:
Combined survey and web tracking data have great potential for social-scientific research. They allow linking information on online behavior with data on reported offline behavior, opinions, and attitudes. At the same time, ethical, legal, and technical challenges make it difficult to disseminate linked web tracking data to the scientific community. This whitepaper aims to address these challenges by providing guidance for researchers and archivists, discussing legal, practical, and ethical aspects, disclosure risks, and establishing a framework for publishing web tracking data. Recommendations for best practices are also provided based on experiences from a research project funded by the German Consortium for the Social, Behavioural, Educational and Economic Sciences.