Analyze Data

Analyzing Data 

Once you have collected data with Interviewer or Fresco, the next step is to get it out of the app and into the tools you use for analysis. Network Canvas exports your interviews in standardized, well-documented formats so you can work with them in R, Python, or any network analysis package you prefer.

This section covers how to export your data, the file formats Network Canvas produces, and how to load and work with that data in common analysis environments.

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Where to start

If you are new to working with Network Canvas data, start with Data Export to understand the available formats, then read Working with Network Canvas Data in R for a hands-on walkthrough.

The rest of this section provides reference material: the Export Data Dictionary shows exactly how each variable type appears in exported CSV and GraphML files, the Network Canvas GraphML extensions section of the Data Export page documents the schema extensions used in exported GraphML files, and the Fresco API page describes how to retrieve data automatically from Fresco deployments.