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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. American Astronimical Society Survey Data


2. Author Information


  Principal Investigator Contact Information
        Name: Carol Tenopir
           Institution: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
           Address:
           Email: ctenopir@utk.edu


  Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
        Name: Peter Boyce
           Institution: American Astronimical Society
           Address:
           Email: pboyce@aas.org


  Alternate Contact Information
           Name: Donald W. King
           Institution:
           Address:
           Email:


3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) 2002


4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): US


5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:


6. Abstract/description of the dataset: Data from a survey of American Astronomical Society members about electronic journal usage.


7: Keywords for the dataset (provide 3 - 5): electronic journals, digital journals, scholarly reading, astronomy information, information seeking behavior




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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: IRB


2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A102270883/AONE?u=tel_a_utl&sid=AONE&xid=924eb501
https://utk.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=12976852670002311&institutionId=2311&customerId=2310
3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data:


4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: N/A


5. Was data derived from another source? no
           If yes, list source(s):


6. Recommended citation for the data:




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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File List
   A. Filename: AAS_Surv_AllData_021402.xls       
      Short description: Corrected AAS survey data       


        
   B. Filename: AAS_Survey_AllData020702.xls       
      Short description: Original AAS survey data       


        
   C. Filename: AAS_Survey_PBB_Corrections_2-14-02.xls        
      Short description: Corrections made to AAS survey data



   D. Filename: Tenopir_Survey_AllData.xls        
      Short description: Tenopir's additional survey data



   E. Filename: AAS_QV_Key.xls       
      Short description: survey question key



   F. Filename: Tenopir_AAS_QuestionKey       
      Short description: Tenopir survey question key

2. Relationship between files: File B is the original AAS Survey data, and File A is the same data with corrections specified in File C. File D contains additional data. Files E and F contain question/variable name keys for the data in Files A and B and File D, respectively.     




3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package:




4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? yes
   If yes, list versions: Files A and B
           Name of file that was updated: AAS_Survey_AllData020702.xls
                     i. Why was the file updated? Corrections needed to be made
                ii. When was the file updated? 02/14/2002
           Name of file that was updated:
                      i. Why was the file updated?
                    ii. When was the file updated?






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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: survey
<Include links or references to publications or other documentation containing experimental design or protocols used in data collection>


2. Methods for processing the data: <describe how the submitted data were generated from the raw or collected data>


3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: N/A


4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A


5. Environmental/experimental conditions: N/A


6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: N/A


7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: N/A






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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [FILENAME]
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<create sections for each dataset (or file if appropriate) included>
Variable descriptions and survey questions are listed in File E and File F.


1. Number of variables:


2. Number of cases/rows: 


3. Variable List
    A. Name: [variable name]
       Description: [description of the variable]
                    Value labels if appropriate


    B. Name: [variable name]
       Description: [description of the variable]
                    Value labels if appropriate



4. Missing data codes:
        Code/symbol        Definition
        Code/symbol        Definition


5. Specialized formats of other abbreviations used