Update week 2022-08-22

• started sketching the outline and the general structure
• started filling methods-section
• started discussing and preparing figures 1-3

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• developed solution to the following problem in the analysis: when comparing the networks from the two different datasets (KNOT-study and readers from Wikipedia) we know that the number of pageviews in each reading session is a confounding variable (on average, Wikipedia readers visit fewer pages). we create a matched dataset using propensity-score matching. as a result, the comparison of the matched datasets will not be due to differences in the confounding variable. https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/research/curiosity/-/blob/main/data_knowledge-networks_generate-subsample_clean.ipynb

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• generated additional dataset to analyze how topics affect the knowledge networks
• generated additional dataset to analyze how knowledge networks might differ across countries; planning to similarly check how knowledge networks might differ across different languages (so far we only checked enwiki)

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• adding analysis around how knowledge networks differ with the topic of the articles
• running analysis to quantify variation of knowledge networks with country and language-version

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• created datasets for knowledge networks for 14 wikis (the same we considered in the why we read wikipedia studies)

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• implemented model to predict scores on curiosity (specifically the deprivation sensitivtiy facet) from metrics of knowledge networks (code)

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• analysing variation of knowledge network across the 14 different wikis. investigating the effect of the underlying wiki (size etc)

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• revised scope/framing of the paper
• reached consensus and are now working on figures for results section and framing for introduction

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• reorganizing datasets and working on figures

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• finished 2 figures. continuing work on figures 3-7.

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• slowly moving towards finalizing main figures of the manuscript
• working on robustness checks for main findings
• moving towards starting the actual writing

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• investigating in more detail what drives differences across different language-versions (testing hypothesis about network size of the wiki)
• drafting outline of the paper with main takeaways of each figure to be shared with collaborators
• agreed on timeline with collaborators to submit in Q4

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• Started sketching the results section in more detail by summarizing the main takeaways of each figure

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• completed first bad draft of results section
• shared with collaborators for input

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• incorporating feedback from collaborators into draft

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• addressing feedback from collaborators
• discussing figure on country-level analysis for results section
• next step: finalizing results section in overleaf, re-working introduction and discussion sections based on revised results

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• no update

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• worked on getting a rough first draft of the results section in the overleaf

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• no major update

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• working on the paper. first full draft of results section with figures. working on methods section. drafting discussion section.

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• finishing methods section
• first draft of discussion section

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• finished draft of discussion section
• revising introduction/abstract

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• after revisions to intro and abstract, we have put together a full first draft of the manuscript.
• we will share with collaborators to give their input in the next 2 weeks

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• Sent first full draft to collaborators; waiting for input and feedback

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• asked for review by @leila T343298
• waiting for input/feedback from collaborators

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• received feedback from Leila
• revising paper based on those suggestions
• incorporating track changes from other collaborators

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• incorporating feedback from collaborators; addressing comments/open questions
• still doing a final round of revisions

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• almost finished revising paper to incorporate Leila's suggestions from first round of reviews
• planning to finish next week and taking another review of the full paper after everyone else's input; then ready for 2nd round of review by Leila

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• major revision/expansion of the discussion section
• addressing final comments from collaborators

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• revised abstracts
• took a full pass on the substantially revised manuscript for last round of changes/suggestions/comments
• once those are confirmed/addressed, will send for second round of review by Leila (hopefully next week)

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• opened task for 2nd round of review from Leila T343298#9173828
• drafted cover letter for submission

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• finished cover letter
• final pass on paper incorporating suggestions for improvement from 2nd round of review
• waiting for thumbs-up from all co-authors
• aiming to submit next week

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• we have everything together and are ready to submit (probably this will happen next week)

for archival happiness, also adding the link to the preprint of the manuscript: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/szuyj/