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+Community Data Science Collective Research Intern Job Description
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+Intern Name: Divya Sikka
+Internship Period: 9/19/2022 - 5/31/2023
+Primary Supervisor: Kaylea Champion
+Faculty Supervisor: Benjamin Mako Hill
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+Student interns in the Community Data Science Collective join a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional team of social scientists applying a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to the study of online communities.
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+Interns assist on research projects focused on how the design of communication and information technologies shape fundamental social outcomes with broad theoretical and practical implications—like an individual’s decision to join a community, contribute to a public good, or a group’s ability to make decisions democratically.
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+Interns in the CDSC learn research skills hands-on, helping with active investigations and learning to define their own research projects. Active topics of research in the lab include collaborative production communities, information-seeking, and online anonymity, vulnerability, and privacy.
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+Intern Duties:
+* Identify and review literature
+* Attend lab meetings
+* Attend area seminars
+* Prepare data for analysis
+* Keep accurate records of research processes
+* Participate in data analysis
+* Prepare and maintain public dissemination materials
+* Participate in composing and editing research reports and publications
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+Intended Learning Outcomes:
+* Development of research questions
+* Research procedures
+* Data collection
+* Data analysis
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+Intern Obligations:
+* Timely communication, especially with respect to difficulties
+* 15 hours per week, of which 3 hours are expected to be completed on-site
+* Self motivation and self organization
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+Supervisor Obligations:
+* Regular feedback
+* Training in the performance of key tasks
+* Mentorship in accomplishing goals