Analysis of published paths Sample Clauses

Analysis of published paths. In order to understand more of the nature of paths that are created by expert users, we have undertaken a brief, mainly quantitative, analysis of the paths (trails) that are publicly available via the Trailmeme2 web site. These paths were selected for review for two reasons; firstly the site is targeted at educators creating resources for use in class, a primary user category for PATHS; second, data about the published trails is available via the Trailmeme Application Programming Interface (API), making possible analyses of metadata associated with the trails. 2 ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/ In June 2011 there were almost 700 publicly available trails in the Trailmeme web site, created by more than 320 users, and covering a wide range of topics including technology, history, science, social media, business, and more. Summary data about these trails and their creators and users are presented below. The vast majority of trails have no more than 20 nodes, with the most common range being 6-10 nodes. The average (mean) number of nodes is 12, whilst the median is only 9, and a more representative measure of the centrality of the data, given the skewed distribution illustrated below, with a few very large trails affecting the overall picture. The overall size of the trails may be partly determined by what is feasible to show on a single computer screen without scrolling, but it would be interesting to monitor this further as we observe users creating paths with the first PATHS prototype, as it may have implications for interface design and parameters set within the software.