Two Excel files containing popularity data for APOD from 2015 are being made publicly available. Anyone interested is invited to analyze the data in any way they would like. You can even publish conclusions without collaborating with the APOD team. Here is a PDF file summarizing a presentation made about the data:
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Two Excel files were prepared for this 2015 data release. The smaller, basic data file can be found here:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/APOD%20D ... Basic.xlsx
while a more full data file can be found here:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/APOD%20D ... 0Full.xlsx .
MTU student David Russell and the APOD social mirror operators are thanked for their help in accumulating this data.
Sample questions that might be addressed include
- Do different groups of people prefer the same images?
- What types of images are most popular? (Galaxies, nebula, etc.)
- Does image type preference change with social media platform?
- Does starting the explanation with a question increase popularity?
- Do long explanations decrease popularity?
- Do the number of links affect popularity?
- Please think of your own!
If you preform any analyses of which you are proud, please post a summary of it to this thread!
- RJN
Two Excel files containing popularity data for APOD from 2015 are being made publicly available. Anyone interested is invited to analyze the data in any way they would like. You can even publish conclusions without collaborating with the APOD team. Here is a PDF file summarizing a presentation made about the data: [attachment=0]APOD Data Release of Social Network Footprint for 2015.pdf[/attachment].
Two Excel files were prepared for this 2015 data release. The smaller, basic data file can be found here:
[url]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/APOD%20Data%20Release%202015%20Final%20Basic.xlsx[/url]
while a more full data file can be found here:
[url]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/APOD%20Data%20Release%202015%20Final%20Full.xlsx[/url] .
MTU student David Russell and the APOD social mirror operators are thanked for their help in accumulating this data.
Sample questions that might be addressed include
- Do different groups of people prefer the same images?
- What types of images are most popular? (Galaxies, nebula, etc.)
- Does image type preference change with social media platform?
- Does starting the explanation with a question increase popularity?
- Do long explanations decrease popularity?
- Do the number of links affect popularity?
- Please think of your own!
If you preform any analyses of which you are proud, please post a summary of it to this thread!
- RJN