Mining and analyzing user feedback from app reviews: An econometric approach

Guo Tong, Bin Guo, Ouyang Yi, Yu Zhiwen

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Abstract

Mobile application distribution platforms such as Google Play and Apple Store allow users to submit feedback in form of ratings and reviews towards downloaded apps, which actually serve as the communication channel between app users and developers. User reviews of mobile apps often contain complaints or suggestions that are valuable for developers to improve user experience and satisfaction. However, the manual analysis of a large amount of user reviews is a tedious and time consuming task. In this paper, we present CrowdApp, a novel computational framework that reexamines the impact of user reviews on mobile apps (app downloads, etc). Our approach explores multiple app aspects from user reviews, and further analyses the effects of different user feedback towards app downloads using the econometric method. Our econometric analysis reveals that user feedback has impact to app downloads. This work is an exploratory study that integrates econometric methodologies and text mining techniques towards a more complete analysis of the information captured from app reviews, and the results help app developers address the most complained app problems at an early stage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2018 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SCI 2018
EditorsFrederic Loulergue, Guojun Wang, Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Xiaoxing Ma, Peng Li, Manuel Roveri, Qi Han, Lei Chen
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages841-848
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781538693803
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Dec 2018
Event4th IEEE SmartWorld, 15th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SCI 2018 - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 7 Oct 201811 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2018 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SCI 2018

Conference

Conference4th IEEE SmartWorld, 15th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SCI 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period7/10/1811/10/18

Keywords

  • App review
  • Econometric analysis
  • Text mining

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