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This =Hubs Pages=*The main page represents the work used for mechanical turks for the paperHubs can be found: [[Hubs (Academic Paper)]]. *For the current work in progress for building the Hubs datasheet for the scorecard As of Spring 2016, go to: [[Hubs: Hubs Scorecard]]*For a list tracker of potential work in progress for the dataset building for the scorecard go to [[Hubs: Hubs with Data Building]]*For a set high-level overview of characteristics was created. Many of these are not what will be defined as Hubs. We will be creating a the variables for the scorecard go to help subjectively define [[Hubs: Hubs based on certain characteristics. Data]]

=List of Variables=For a more information on Mechanical Turks in general, -depth of the variables and procedure please see : [[Mechanical Turk (Tool)Hubs: Hubs Scorecard]]. This page will reflect the variables being collected separated into three categories. Each variable will include a breakdown of levels being collected if the definition is not trivial and an approximate approach.

Ideally, we would have the following variables (not collected previously):#Onsite VC/Angel/Investors (Count or binary)##Comments:##Mechanical Turk Comments:#Onsite Mentors (binary) --- ''Are these the same as advisers?'07/29'##Comments:##Mechanical Turk Comments:#"Office hours" with investors or mentors (binary)##Comments: Previously collected included number of events, but did not separate them into categories (e.g. networking events, workshops, etc.). We view this separation as important, BUT very difficult to collect##Mechanical Turk Comments: #Onsite temporary workshops (binary or count) *** '''see mechanical turk'''##CommentsAriel:code Hubs variable for Hubs ##Mechanical Turk Comments:#Networking Meetups (Binary or count) *** '''see mechanical turk'''##Comments<code>E:##Mechanical Turk Comments:#Sponsors and Partners (binary and list) /McNair/Projects/Hubs/Hubs Variable--- a''re these the same?''##Comments:##Mechanical Turk Comments:#Alumni Network (binary) --- ''not all potential hubslist this and the fact that some do might indicate its importance''##Comments:##Mechanical Turk Comments:#Num of Companies --- ''to help determine size as getting physical sqfootage is difficult''##Comments:##Mechanical Turk Comments:#Nonprofit (binary) --- ''helpful in determining goals of potential hubs''##Comments:##Mechanical Turk Comments:#Mission Includes Key Buzzwords (e.g. "ecosystem", "community") --- ''help separate simple coworking spaces form hubs''Ariel</code>

===Group 2==='''Variables Comfortable, Not Complete''' (rough order of most difficult to least difficult)#'''Onsite accelerator''' ''(onsite_accel_bin)/(onsite_accel_cnt)/(onsite_accel_list)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary, count, list#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Usually not a list, which requires more scrubbing as many other variables just require us to find one page on a website. #*''' ''Approach:'' '''#*#Google searches and procedure to use on website yields decent results#*#Similar procedure to onsite investors#'''Size (# members)''' ''(num_members)''#*'''NUMBER OF EVENTS''Levels:'' ''' Count for companies (currently not planning to include list of companies given that some potential hubs have 200+ members)#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Some companies don’t list all members - only selective ones-, others do not separate current members and alumni, and some just write "we have served more than 120 startups..."#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' For companies that have a list, we will count. For those with select members, we will count those they listed and try to see if there is a comment about how many they have. For those that just have a statement "with over," we will write the number and + (e.g. "120+).#'''Office hours investors''' and '''Office hours mentor/advisors''' ''(OH_bin)/(OH_inv_bin)/(OH_inv_list)/etc.''#*'''''Levels: ''UPDATE''' Binary for OH, binary for two separate OH, list of names/descriptions of OH#*''' ''Difficulty: written'' ''' Some companies do not list who OH are with, not publishedalways obvious if investor, mentor, or advisor, on amazonsometimes not clear if mentor is investor/future investor#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Google approach to get to OH pages and then lookup key words in description to separate out#'''Onsite temporary workshops and Networking Meetups''' (Count) ''s mechanical turk site(onsite_temp_events_bin)/(onsite_temp_workshop_bin)/(onsite_temp_workshop_cnt)/etc.''#*'''''ConsiderationsLevels:''''' Binary for do they exist, count for each#*Difficulties Encountered''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Difficult for Turkers to differentiate between these two and also other potential events (e.g. symposiums)#*Expected Time ''' ''Approach:'' ''' Uses key search terms (e.g. Java/etc.) to Completeseparate out workshops and key terms (e.g. lunch/happy hour) for networking meetings#'''Onsite code school''' and '''Curriculum''' ''(onsite_long_term_courses)/(onsite_code_school_bin)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary for do they exist, binary for each#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Difficult for Turkers to differentiate between long-term coding programs for individuals and curriculum for startups#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Uses key search terms (e.g. specific code schools) to separate out known code schools and also to look into key terms (e.g. leadership) for curriculum#'''Sponsors/Partners''' (University, Corporate) ''(sponsors_cnt)/(sponsors_list)/etc.''#*Expectation ''' ''Levels:'' ''' Count, list of Results sponsors/partners (accuracy if exist), separate columns for university and corporate#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies will list sponsors, partnesrs, or either. Not always clear the difference among sponsors, partners, investors.#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Use two different levels and use of turkgoogle search, comprehensivenessthen if list exists, separate by "college"/"university" and rest#'''Alumni Network''' ''(alumni_bin)/(alumni_list)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Binary, list#*Other Comments''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies list alumni, some only list "selected"#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Include all that have lists#'''Size (sqft)''' ''(size_sqft)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Number in sqft#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies list square feet online#*''' ''Approach:'' '''#*#Google search with key words#*#If results do not appear, use of press releases is possible#'''Onsite Mentors''' ''(onsite_mentors_bin)/(onsite_mentors_cnt)/(onsite_mentors_list)''#*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Count and list of mentors (if exist)#*''' ''Difficulty:'' ''' Not all companies list mentors - bigger issue is onsite investors#*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Use two different levels and use of google search

===Group 3==='''ProcedureVariables Easy to Obtain'''#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.'''Twitter activity''' ''(twit_handle)/(twit_prev_mon_cnt_tweets)/(twit_cnt_followers)/(twit_cnt_retweets)''#Click on the result that is the website of the company. If there does not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.#Look for links related to events, such as *'''Events' or 'CalendarLevels:' on the homepage. #If not found on the homepage, check 'About' and check 'Community'Twitter Handle, #Count the number of events Tweets in July 2016 and record it. If there is no information of events on the websitea Month, # Followers, record DNE.# Retweets Note**#*''' ''Approach: ''Events include meetups, workshops, info sessions etc. We do not want ''' Easy to count them separately since it is difficult to do so. Most companies put all the events on the same section and do not put event types in the titles of the events. We have to look into the details of the events to find out the type and even we do so some events descriptions do not allow get twitter handle from Turk or Veeral's code that allows us to determine the type easily. Differentiating the types run a series of the events demands more time searches on google and effort and therefore is not suitable then use Gunny's Twitter crawler to be a mechanical turk project.get other levels from handle#'''Site URL''' ''(url)''  #*'''Onsite Mentors'''Levels: ''UPDATE: written, not published, on amazon's mechanical turk site''URL#Copy the text in the Search Text into a *''' ''Approach:'' ''' Google using Veeral's code that allows us to search engine.#Click on the result that is the website of the company. If there does not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.''' ''Whois Date'' ''' ''(date_whois)''#Look for links related to mentorship such as *''' ''mentorsLevels:', 'mentorship' or 'mentoring programs'Date#If the key words can be identified, mark as 1*''' ''Approach:'' ''' Date active website was registered#If there is no explicit 'mentoring' section, look for links related to a description of the company, such as: 'About,Address''' 'Our Team,' (address)'Our Mission,' etc., look for a subsection or mention of mentor/mentorship/mentoring#If these exist, mark as 1.*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Will include all addresses#If not, go to links related to membership *''' ''Approach:''benefits,' 'perks,' or relatedGoogle key terms (e.g.#Do same process as end of 4 Contact Us) and 5URL using Veeral's code#If there is no mention of mentorship in these sections, type the company, city, and 'mentoring' into a search engine. If a link to a reliable website 'Nonprofit status''' ''(such as Desktimenonprofit_binary) appears and mentorship can be found in the description, mark as 1.''#If none of these steps result in a mark of 1, mark as 0   *'''Nonprofit'''Levels: ''UPDATE: written, not published, on amazon's mechanical turk site''#Copy Binary variable indicating if the text in the Search Text into potential Hub is a search engine.nonprofit organization#Click on the result *''' ''Approach:'' ''' http://www.guidestar.org/ is a site that we can use to search if a company is the website of the company. If there does nonprofit or not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.#Go to links that describe the company, usually they are labelled: 'About', 'Our Story,Mission statement' 'Mission'#Look for the key word 'nonprofit'/(missions_stmt)'non-profit'#If 'nonprofit' is identified, mark as 1, otherwise 0.   *'''Number of Members'''Levels: ''UPDATE: written, not published, on amazon's mechanical turk site''#Copy the text in the Search Text into a search engine.#Click on the result that is the website Official mission statement or description of the company. If there (if mission does not exist a listing on the first three pages, mark as DNE.)#Look for the link *''' ''Approach:'' ''Members' If not explicitly stated mission statement, will include "About" or statements on main page#'Residents', usually they are under the links 'CommunitySpecific Industry', 'Membership', 'Our Space' or (spec_industry)'The Space'.#Count the number of members#If the link or section of *''' ''MembersLevels:' is not found, go the 'Community' and 'Coworking' and look for the description on number of startups/founders/members Industry included in the community. Record the number.statement (no aggregation)#If number of members cannot be identified using above steps, record DNE.  *'''Sponsors and Partners''Approach:''':''UPDATE: written*Based on Mission Statement, not published, on amazonaggregated#'s mechanical turk site''#Copy the text in the Search Text into Price for a search engine.space/office''' ''(price_space)''#Click on the result that is the website of the company. If there does not exist a listing on the first three pages*''' ''Levels:'' ''' Two prices one for shared, mark as DNE.other for private#Look for the link or mention of *'''Sponsors' or 'PartnersApproach:', many times of which is often under the section of 'About', 'Community', or related sectionsUses google methodology with key terms and URL[[Category: Internal]]#If sponsors or partners can be found mark as 1 and list them, otherwise mark as 0.[[Internal Classification: Legacy| ]]