DATA INQUIRY: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON DATAFICATION IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

Datafication is widely acknowledged as a process “transforming all things under the sun into a data format” (van Dijck, 2017, p. 11). As data become both objects and instruments of social science, many scholars call for attention to the ways datafication reconfigures scholarly knowledge production, its methodological opportunities, and challenges (Lomborg et al., 2020). This contribution offers a reflection on the interdependence between methodological approaches taken to study datafication and concepts about it, that these approaches provide within the domains of critical data studies and media studies. Expanding on the concept of methods' performativity (Barad, 2007), I apply the notion of methods assemblages: “a continuing process of crafting and enacting necessary boundaries [and relations]" between researchers and all relevant matters (Law, 2004: 144). The key question in the presented study is what kinds of methods assemblages are being applied in current datafication research and what concepts of datafication they produce. 32 expert interviews were conducted with scholars who published empirical work on dataficaiton between 2015 and 2020. Three methods assemblages were developed. Central to distinguishing between methods assemblages are the ways of associating of the involved actors and things. In my analysis the questions of (1) what we are talking about when talking about datafication and (2) kinds of knowledges that researchers were interested in producing can be understood as such ways of associating. The methods assemblages contribute to critical data studies by producing accounts about datafication processes that are in concert with the methods assemblages applied to study these.

Short Text Paraphrase Identification Model Based on RDN-MESIM

In the rapid development of various technologies at the present stage, representative artificial intelligence technology has developed more prominently. Therefore, it has been widely applied in various social service areas. The application of artificial intelligence technology in tax consultation can optimize the application scenarios and update the application mode, thus further improving the efficiency and quality of tax data inquiry. In this paper, we propose a novel model, named RDN-MESIM, for paraphrase identification tasks in the tax consulting area. The main contribution of this work is designing the RNN-Dense network and modifying the original ESIM to adapt to the RDN structure. The results demonstrate that RDN-MESIM obtained a better performance as compared to other existing relevant models and archived the highest accuracy, of up to 97.63%.

Application of Guided Inquiry Learning Model Towards Student Learning Outcomes in Airmadidi 1 High School on Colligative Characteristics of Solution

This research is experimental design was posttest only control group design. Determination of the sample using techniques random sampling and obtained two classes with the number of each class of 33 students. Experimental class 3 XII IPA and 4 XII IPA control class. The research was conducted to find out the result data inquiry learning model on the material colligative solution on the results of class XII student IPA at SMA Negeri 1 Airmadidi. The purpose of this study was to see increase learning outcomes students using inquiry model learning on the material colligative solution. Results of the study were analyzed to test the hypothesis (t test) at α = 0.05 was obtained tcount> ttable ie 3.15 > 1.66 means H1 received and there is a real increase, the result of learning to use inquiry learning model. As well as describing the average ratio of student learning outcomes using the experimental class higher inquiry learning model 80.00, compared with the control class that uses the conventional learning model that is 68.18.

Investigating the Implementation of English Huffaz Program For Preschools

The study explores the implementation of a program namely English-Huffaz among preschoolers in their early years of education. It is a program that introduces the memorization of selected verses of the al Qur’an besides promoting the learning of English language among preschoolers that are from four (4) to six (6) years old. The study that employs qualitative data inquiry; in particular semi-structured interviews, gathers information from two (2) teachers pertaining to the implementation of teaching hafazan and English in one of the preschools in the district of Pahang, East Coast of Malaysia. Seven (7) themes emerge after data are analyzed employing inductive analysis. Findings that are obtained from the study are significant especially to Muslim parents who have the intention to prepare their children for the latter formative years of education; both for the needs of herenow and hereafter

Political disputes and consequences on tourism

The aim of the paper is to identify the stance of tourism industry practitioners in the Republic of Cyprus in the case of reunification. Since 1974 and the Turkish invasion, one third of the island’s territory has remained under an illegal occupation. Discussing Cyprus’ political problem and the potential of reunification in relation to the tourism industry is a new concept in nature. The tourism industry will be the vehicle for further economic development. So, it is imperative to understand the opinions of tourism stakeholders and decision makers who will potentially be involved in the development of tourism in the reunited island. In order to identify the consequences of the status quo on the Republic, the views of 26 powerful elite people, both in the public and private sectors of the country, were collected through a qualitative data inquiry using semi-structured interviews. The results of the study suggest that the inability to come up with a viable solution has many negative consequences on the tourism industry of the island. The results of the study suggest that a possible reunification will render Cyprus as an innovative tourism destination.