The LOIS project is about exploring the online search behavior of young people with an extended URL-tracking system that generates "search stories".
Project website: [loisresearch.org][1]
Open Data materials are organized as follows:
- **FNX** stands for "Fake News Experimentation". This was a system-testing experimentation with a focus on fake news identification and debunking.
- **MDC** stands for "Main Data Collection". As the name says, this is the main data collection effort in the project, based around 4 information tasks.
Available open data materials are:
- **FNX_Surveys**: data collection instruments and data from the Fake News Experimentation
- **MDC_DataMatrix**: SPSS data matrix (with metadata) and scales validation.
- **MDC_RawSurveyData**: pre-task and post-task survey raw data. Include the reference websited that users mentioned in their task reponses, which are not in the data matrix.
- **MDC_Responses**: textual responses to information tasks by users, with metadata and correct/incorrect coding scheme (assessment)
- **MDC_SearchStories**: search stories CSV files, with metadata and aggregated stats. Two sets are provided: users (the main sample) and experts (benchmark sample)
- **MDC_SearchStoryPlots_sample**: a sample of graphic and interactive search story visualizations
- **MDC_Surveys**: the surveys instruments (in PDF) used in the Main Data Collection.
[1]: https://loisresearch.org/