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The Tiktaalik Collection (TTC) compiles papers related to sustainability science and education, including engineering, ethics, economics, policy, and environmental systems.

TTC is edited by Thomas P Seager, Associate Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment.

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An Investigation of Topsy's System for Archiving Tweets

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Topsy is an online analytical tool that evaluates millions of archived and real-time tweets based on their relevancy to a specific criterion. This report studies what Topsy considers relevant, how to create a relevant tweet, the accuracy of Topsy’s relevancy score and whether Topsy is an acceptable tool for use…

Topsy is an online analytical tool that evaluates millions of archived and real-time tweets based on their relevancy to a specific criterion. This report studies what Topsy considers relevant, how to create a relevant tweet, the accuracy of Topsy’s relevancy score and whether Topsy is an acceptable tool for use in gauging class participation. After thorough investigation, Topsy was determined to be a great analytical tool for monitoring Twitter participation, yet lacks the fundamental ability to distinguish between tweets relevant to coursework and tweets relevant to everything else.
ContributorsRozitis, Karl (Author) / Brown, Adam (Author) / Seager, Thomas (Editor)
Created2013-04-26