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Title: Data sharing and data reuse: An investigation of descriptive information facilitators and inhibitors

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: This dissertation examines how descriptive information inhibits or facilitates data sharing and reuse. DataONE serves as the test environment. The objective is to identify descriptive information made discoverable through DataONE and subsequently determine what of this descriptive information is helpful for scientists to determine data reusability. This study uses a mixed method approach, which includes a data profiling assessment in the form of a quantitative and qualitative content analysis and a quasi-experiment think-aloud. A quantitative and qualitative content analysis was conducted on a stratified sample of data extracted from DataONE to examine types of descriptive information made available through the shared data. Participants searched a quasi-experiment interface and thought-aloud about what information inhibited or facilitated them to determine data reusability. Additionally, participants completed a post result usefulness survey, post search rank order survey, and a post search factors survey. The quantitative and qualitative content analysis shows that the shared data contains 30 unique pieces of descriptive information found in the records. The . . .

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Authors: Murillo, Angela Patricia

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Data Collections: IPUMS Terra

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Other

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