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Running for Research

Running for Research

Contextualizing Research Based on Strava Metro Data In December 2020, the exercise tracking service Strava released their annual data report, confirming in numbers that the COVID-19 pandemic had changed people’s workout habits.  Forced to spend more time at home,...
By on 10/03/21 Comments Off on Running for Research
Can Strava be said to produce ‘objective truth’ from ‘raw data’?

Can Strava be said to produce ‘objective truth’ from ‘raw data’?

In this commentary I tie main points from the introductory chapter, written by Gitelman and Jackson, of the book “Raw Data is an Oxymoron” (Gitelman), with data produced by the application Strava as an object of self-quantification to critique...
By Martin Trans on 10/01/21 Comments Off on Can Strava be said to produce ‘objective truth’ from ‘raw data’?