6.2.2 Gwajiyoyi, Yanki, da Lokaci

Masu bincike sun shafe bayanan dalibai daga Facebook, sun hada da bayanan jami'a, sunyi amfani da wadannan bayanai don bincike, sannan suka raba su tare da sauran masu bincike.

Tun daga shekara ta 2006, a kowace shekara, ƙungiyar malamai da masu bincike sun kori bayanan martaba na Facebook na mambobi na Classus na 2009 a "ɗakin karatu mai zaman kansa daban-daban a Arewa maso gabashin Amurka." Masu bincike sun hada da wadannan bayanai daga Facebook, wanda ya hada da bayanin game da abota da al'adun al'adu, tare da bayanai daga kwaleji, wanda ya hada da bayanai game da manyan masanan kimiyya da kuma inda dalibai suka zauna a harabar. Wadannan bayanai da aka haɗaka sune mahimmanci, kuma an yi amfani da su wajen samar da sabon ilimin game da batutuwa irin su yadda hanyoyin sadarwar zamantakewa (Wimmer and Lewis 2010) da kuma yadda zamantakewar zamantakewa da halayyar zamantakewa (Lewis, Gonzalez, and Kaufman 2012) . Bugu da ƙari, yin amfani da waɗannan bayanai don aikin kansu, masu bincike na Tastes, Ties, da Time sun ba su damar yin amfani da wasu matakai domin kare sirrin 'yan makaranta (Lewis et al. 2008) .

Abin takaici, bayan kwanaki bayan bayanan bayanan, wasu masu bincike sun gane cewa makarantar da ake tambaya ita ce Harvard College (Zimmer 2010) . An zarge masu bincike a cikin 'yan jarrabawa, Ties, da Time cewa "rashin biyayya ga ka'idodin bincike na al'adu" (Zimmer 2010) a wani bangare saboda dalibai basu bayar da izini ba (duk hanyoyin da aka duba da kuma yarda da IRB da Facebook). Bugu da ƙari ga zargi daga malaman kimiyya, rubutun jarida sun bayyana tare da manyan batutuwa irin su "Harvard Masu binciken Masu Tunawa game da Asirin 'Yan Kasawa" (Parry 2011) . Daga ƙarshe, an cire dataset daga Intanit, kuma wasu masu bincike basu iya amfani dashi.