An Online Data Web Site for Internet Research : Some Features and an Example  

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Robinson, John P. ; Neustadtl, Alan ; Kestnbaum, Meyer

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: American Behavioral Scientist vol. 45 no. 03 (Nov. 2001), page 565-568.
Topik: Internet; National Science; Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA); Online Data Web Site
Fulltext: 13. An Online Data Web Site for Internet Research - Some Features and an Example.pdf (57.07KB)

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The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Maryland a grant to (a) collect Internet study data sets that are publicly available as well as other resources useful for studying the impact of the Internet and (b) code them in a common format so they can be easily analyzed using the Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) online statistical package that has been developed at the University of California at Berkeley. SDA quickly produces bivariate and multivariate analyses interactively online using aWeb browser interface.SDAis straightforward to learn and can be used by anyone familiar with the logic of a cross tabulation or analysis of means/variance. The online research materials at our Web site (webuse.umd.edu) are of five general types: • An archive of original data from more than 10 national surveys that have included questions on Internet use, the year 2000 CPS (see below) and GSS surveys being of particular interest. Over the next year, we anticipate that national survey data from 5 to 10 other countries will be added. • Abstracts and summaries from more than 50 presentations from leading Internet researchers to more than 60 graduate students from around the country at our first annual summer “WebShop” (two more are currently being planned). • A collection of more than 400 annotated citations from the growing literature on Internet functioning and impact, soon to be available in directly searchable form. • Amethods section that not only includes the national survey data (including qualitative profiles of typical Internet users and time-diary studies), but content analysis (the General Inquirer online; societal-level data on more than 100 variables for up to 180 countries), experimental projects and observational studies as well. 565 Authors’ Note: Grateful acknowledgment is given to the National Science Foundation, Office

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