TY - JOUR
T1 - The Swiss Student Life Study
T2 - investigating the emergence of an undergraduate student community through dynamic, multidimensional social network data
AU - Vörös, András
AU - Boda, Zsófia
AU - Elmer, Timon
AU - Hoffman, Marion
AU - Mepham, Kieran
AU - Raabe, Isabel J.
AU - Stadtfeld, Christoph
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - The Swiss StudentLife Study (SSL Study) is a longitudinal social network data collection conducted in three undergraduate student cohorts (N1 = 226, N2 = 261, N3 = 660) in 2016−2019. The main goal of the study was to understand the emergence of informal student communities and their effects on different individual outcomes, such as well-being, motivation, and academic success. To this end, multiple dimensions of social ties were assessed, combining computer-based surveys, social sensors, social media data, and field experiments. The dynamics of these social networks were measured on various time scales. In this paper, we present the design and data collection strategy of the SSL Study. We discuss practical challenges and solutions related to the data collection in four areas that were key to the success of our project: study design, research ethics, communication, and population definition.
AB - The Swiss StudentLife Study (SSL Study) is a longitudinal social network data collection conducted in three undergraduate student cohorts (N1 = 226, N2 = 261, N3 = 660) in 2016−2019. The main goal of the study was to understand the emergence of informal student communities and their effects on different individual outcomes, such as well-being, motivation, and academic success. To this end, multiple dimensions of social ties were assessed, combining computer-based surveys, social sensors, social media data, and field experiments. The dynamics of these social networks were measured on various time scales. In this paper, we present the design and data collection strategy of the SSL Study. We discuss practical challenges and solutions related to the data collection in four areas that were key to the success of our project: study design, research ethics, communication, and population definition.
KW - Dynamic networks
KW - Multidimensional networks
KW - Education
KW - Network data collection
UR - https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-swiss-student-life-study-investigating-the-emergence-of-an-undergraduate-student-community-through-dynamic-multidimensional-social-network-data(b7a208f5-2c87-4970-9ea0-fb4a57b879db).html
U2 - 10.1016/j.socnet.2020.11.006
DO - 10.1016/j.socnet.2020.11.006
M3 - Article
VL - 65
SP - 71
EP - 84
JO - Social Networks
JF - Social Networks
ER -