hub_turkr

A project for automatic content analysis using Mechanical Turk & R

Requirements

• Use R and the package MTurkR
• Enable the entire workflow from setting up an MTurk project, providing the data, as well as collecting & analyzing the results
• Start with setting up the mechanism for submitting MTurk jobs
• Should enable the manual content analysis of large volumes of Github comments according to a preset coding scheme

Modus Operandi

A couple of notes on how we work:

• We will be working using a pull request model. This will allow me to review and understand the code you write as we go along.
• All scripts needs to run as-is on my machines (2 macs)
• The following style guide applies: http://adv-r.had.co.nz/Style.html
• Remember that we are writing scripts, not doing interactive work, so commands which print things to the interactive shell should be avoided
• The project will be open source, so you can use it in your resume.
• Default is R, if necessary we go to Python.
• Code should be well-commented and use variable and function names which are intuitive and easy to understand