Data collection yanki daga baya, abin da suke bincike-a tsakiya, ba za su yi aiki a matsayin da kyau a digital shekaru. A nan gaba, za mu yi takara-tsakiya m.
Idan kana son tattara bayanai a cikin shekarun dijital, kana buƙatar gane cewa kana gasa don lokaci da hankali na mutane. Lokaci da kuma kulawa da mahalarta sune mahimmanci a gare ku; shi ne abu mai zurfi na bincikenku. Yawancin masana kimiyya na zamantakewar al'umma sun saba da tsara zane-zane don ƙauyuka masu fursunoni, kamar su dalibai a cikin ɗakin karatu. A cikin waɗannan saitunan, bukatun mai bincike ya mamaye, kuma jin dadin masu halartar ba babban fifiko ba ne. A cikin bincike na dijital, wannan hanyar ba ta da tushe. Mahalarta suna da nisa da nesa daga masu bincike, kuma haɗin kwamfuta tsakanin sau biyu suna sauƙaƙewa. Wannan wuri yana nufin cewa masu bincike suna takara don kula da mahalarta sabili da haka dole ne su haifar da kwarewa mai gudana. Abin da ya sa a cikin kowane babi wanda yake hulɗa tare da mahalarta, mun ga misalai na nazarin da suka ɗauka mai shiga tsakani ga tattara bayanai.
Alal misali, a babi na 3, mun ga yadda Sharad Goel, Winter Mason, da kuma Duncan Watts (2010) halicci wasan da ake kira Aminci wanda shine ainihin tsari mai zurfi a cikin binciken binciken. A cikin babi na 4, mun ga yadda za ku iya ƙirƙirar farashi mai tsada a cikin zanewa ta hanyar tsara gwaje-gwajen da mutane ke so su kasance a ciki, irin su music downloading gwajin da na halitta tare da Peter Dodds da Duncan Watts (Salganik, Dodds, and Watts 2006) . A ƙarshe, a babi na 5, mun ga yadda Kevin Schawinski, Chris Lintott, da kungiyar Zoo Zoo suka haɗu da haɗin gwiwar da suka motsa fiye da mutane 100,000 su shiga wani nau'in kallo na hoto (a dukansu biyu na kalmar) (Lintott et al. 2011) . A cikin waɗannan lokuta, masu bincike sun mayar da hankali ga samar da kwarewa mai kyau ga mahalarta, kuma a kowane hali, wannan ɗaurarwar mai ɗawainiya ta taimaka wa sababbin bincike.
Ina tsammanin cewa a nan gaba, masu bincike zasu ci gaba da samar da hanyoyi zuwa tattara bayanai wanda ke ƙoƙarin samar da kyakkyawar kwarewar mai amfani. Ka tuna cewa a cikin shekarun dijital, masu halartar ku guda ɗaya ne daga bidiyo na kare kare-kwando.