Web Scraping - Social Science Research

Seeking research support (paid hourly) for short-term project with flexible hours and timeline.

TASKS
--Develop web scraping tools to identify classified ads based on a set of keywords (provided ahead of time by me).
--Generate classified ads with the following content: (a) date scraped; (b) list of keywords found in the ad; (c) full content of the ad
--Repeat tasks above across multiple websites with classified ad sections
--Meet on campus 1-2 times to debrief about project progress

SKILLS
--Previous experience with Python or JavaScript
--Previous experience with web scraping
--Ability to document code and procedures used
--Ability to read Spanish preferred but NOT required

This project will document trends relevant for SOCIAL SCIENCE, PUBLIC POLICY, and CURRENT EVENTS.

If you have questions and are interested in the project, please reply or contact me:
Juan Pedroza
Sociology PhD candidate
jpedroza@stanford.edu