Design and Analysis of Large Scale Log Studies

  • Susan Dumais ,
  • Robin Jeffries ,
  • Daniel M. Russell ,
  • Diane Tang ,

CHI 2011 (Course) |

Logging user behavior is a crucial aspect of understanding how people actually use online systems. Yet a large number of HCI practitioners have not had a great deal of exposure to the issues involved in obtaining, cleaning, interpreting or analyzing large log file data sets. In this CHI 2011 course, five experts in very-large-scale logs analysis will present the ways and means for CHI attendees to gather and analyze log data.