{"id":7271,"date":"2024-06-05T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/?page_id=7271"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:06:19","slug":"rat-software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/","title":{"rendered":"RAT Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-914005 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-950472 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-763899\" style=\"height: 24px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-758796 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-376204 kc_col-sm-5 kc_column kc_col-sm-5\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-474346 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/rat_logo_grau.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"RAT logo\" \/>    \t    <p class=\"scapt\">RAT logo<\/p>\n\t    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-528295 kc_col-sm-7 kc_column kc_col-sm-7\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-527131 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With RAT, researchers can easily define a list of queries. The tool then automatically queries selected search engines, collects the results, and presents them in a structured format for further processing. <strong>RAT efficiently collects result URLs, full text, and screenshots.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In research studies, researchers run <strong>automatic analysis and classification or let jurors evaluate results<\/strong> on whatever criteria they are interested in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAT is free to use through a web interface. It is fully <strong>open source<\/strong>, so researchers can run their installations or modify the software to fit their needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-431654 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-439223 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-9734 kc-raw-code\"><div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\">\r\n    <iframe \r\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NNpn-cukgkQ?si=qW6Wf9qGZ41IR8Zg\" \r\n        title=\"YouTube video player\" \r\n        frameborder=\"0\" \r\n        allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" \r\n        referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" \r\n        allowfullscreen\r\n style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\">\r\n    <\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-109065 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-256262 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-758470\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-778544 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-525264 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-340194 kc-title-wrap\">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Functionality<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-759158 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>Create a study<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first step, you create a study, defining which search engines you want to investigate. RAT can connect to various search systems, including web search engines like Google and Bing, library catalogues, and other more specialised search systems. In this step, you also upload a list of queries that will be used in your study. Should you need inspiration, you can use the Query Sampler.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-201528 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>Automatically collect results from search engines<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you start the data collection process, RAT will automatically send your queries to the search engines, collect the results, and put them in a structured format that you can later download as an Excel file.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-461088 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>Automatically analyse results<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAT offers classifiers that can automatically classify the collected results. For instance, you can analyse results to determine whether search engine optimization (SEO) techniques have been used or compute the overlap between different search engines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-302491 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h3>Conduct juror-based evaluations<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to have the results assessed by humans? Create a questionnaire to ask questions about the results (e.g., \u201cHow relevant is this result to answer the query?\u201d) and distribute it to your jurors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-742254 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-925260 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rat_intro.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-616394 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-252271 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-273046\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-328581 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-671622 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"> <div class=\"icon-card text-center kc-elm kc-css-418253\"><figure class=\"icon-card-limn\">\n                            <i class=\"ion-ios-list\"><\/i>\n                          <\/figure>\n                        <h3 class=\"card-title\">Contents<\/h3><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/\">RAT Software<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/getting-started-with-rat\/\">Getting started<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/rat-data-structure\/\">RAT data structure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/rat-how-to-contribute\/\">How to contribute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/rat-studies\/\">Sample studies<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/rat-studies\/result-overlap-in-web-search-engines\/\">Overlap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/rat-studies\/an-enquiry-into-swedish-google-search-queries-on-wind-power\/\">Queries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/rat-software\/rat-studies\/does-it-matter-which-search-engine-is-used\/&quot;\/\">Jurors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/event\/rat-community-meeting-2025\/\">RAT Community Meeting 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/event\/rat-community-meeting-2024\/\">RAT Community Meeting 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/event\/rat-community-meeting-2023\/\">RAT Community-Meeting 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                <\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-569649 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-785054 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-850687 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-106738\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-727181 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-790399 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-741437 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Website.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-922880 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-821540 kc-title-wrap\">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">The RAT Community Meeting<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-661614 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>RAT is built for the research community.<\/p>\n<p>Once a year, we organize a community meeting where participants can learn about new features of RAT, attend tutorials on how to best use RAT for their research, see showcases of how researchers from different fields have used RAT for their studies, and connect with other researchers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-562179 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Watch video recordings of all presentations from the <a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/event\/rat-community-meeting-2023\/\">2023<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/event\/rat-community-meeting-2024\/\">2024<\/a>\u00a0und <a href=\"https:\/\/searchstudies.org\/de\/event\/rat-community-meeting-2025\/\">2025<\/a> community meetings!<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-587342 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-760764 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-432175\" style=\"height: 20px; 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