The Methods Lab is the central unit for supporting, connecting, and coordinating the methods training and consulting at the Weizenbaum Institute. Besides assisting ongoing research projects of the research groups and units, the lab also conducts methods research and develops tools for the collection and analysis of digital data.
Latest Blog Posts
- New publication: Bursting Self-reports? Comparing Sampling Frequency Effects of Mobile Experience Sampling Method on Compliance, Attrition, and Sample BiasesThe Methods Lab is excited to share a new publication in Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, authored by researchers Jakob Ohme, Timothy Charlton, Roland Toth, Theo Araujo, and Claes H. de Vreese. This paper, titled Bursting Self-reports? Comparing Sampling Frequency Effects of Mobile Experience Sampling Method on Compliance, Attrition, […]
- New Publication: A Mixed Methods Study of Smartphone UseThe Methods Lab is excited to share a new publication in the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, authored by data scientist Roland Toth along with researchers Douglas Parry, and Martin Emmer from the Weizenbaum institute. This paper, titled From Screen Time to Daily Rhythms: A Mixed Methods Study of […]
- Tool presentation: ChatAI (Academic Cloud)Most commercial, browser-based generative AI tools have usage or licensing restrictions that prevent users from exploring their full potential. All members of the Weizenbaum Institute now have access to a new chatbot providing unrestricted use of generative AI, thanks to an institution in Göttingen that locally hosts a range of […]
- Workshop: Finding Frames with RoBERTa – A Crash CourseThe Methods Lab is pleased to host a hands-on workshop led by Dr. Vihang Jumle (University of Bern) on automating frame analysis using RoBERTa. This practical session teaches social science researchers how to apply pre-trained language models to scale text coding – transforming manual content analysis into a fast, reproducible […]