These are the various resources that will be valuable to this social media research experiment on Crohn’s Disease:

Website Forums/Discussion Boards

1). http://www.ccfacommunity.org/crohns-colitis-forum

2). http://www.crohnsforum.com/

3). http://www.healingwell.com/community/?f=17

 

BI Analysis Tools

1). Lexalytics @ http://www.lexalytics.com/

2). Statistica @ http://software.dell.com/products/statistica/matrix.aspx

 

Planned Methods

Various forums, chats, blogs, and discussion boards will be researched in order to examine what people diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease or is affiliated with anyone who has the disease, talks about. My goal is to research the common topics that are being mentioned online and how people interact with each other. By examining different websites, I will be able to identify the key subjects pertaining to Crohn’s Disease and understand what people are discussing nowadays. BI Analysis Tools such as Lexalytics and Statistica will be supplement to researching discussions, blogs, forums, etc. Website content will be analyzed by Lexalytics and Statistica to highlight the key words and to see what the positive or negative words are. This will allow researchers such as myself to focus on key content and eliminate the unnecessary words that are part of a large content.