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The Community Data Science Collective is an interdisciplinary research group made up of faculty and students at the University of Washington Department of Communication , the Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies , the Carleton College Computer Science Department , and the Purdue University School of Communication .

We are social scientists applying a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to the study of online communities. We seek to understand both how and why some attempts at collaborative production — like Wikipedia and Linux — build large volunteer communities and high quality work products.

Our research is particularly focused on how the design of communication and information technologies shape fundamental social outcomes with broad theoretical and practical implications — like an individual’s decision to join a community, contribute to a public good, or a group’s ability to make decisions democratically.

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