Research using Twitter Data
Some examples of research that has been done using Twitter data :
- track outbreaks of disease (Sickweather)
- pinpoint sources of food poisoning
- predict the stock market
- measure happiness
- predict elections!
One example of this research can be seen below, in which a data scientist has done a text analysis on Donald Trumps's tweets to see which one is sent by him and which by his aide.
Looking for inspirations ?
Twitter also has creates some visualisations of its data using the Twitter account @twitterdata that might be useful for you if you want to get some inspirations on what to do using Twitter data
