Evolution of Data Documentation Providing Social Science Data
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Evolution of Data Documentation Providing Social Science Data Services Jim Jacobs, 2008
Evolution of Data Documentation
Problems of early digital codebooks (part 1) PDF Osiris dictionary Osiris SPSS cards SPSS CBLT Book
(user has to re-create information in order to re-use information) PDF Machine “readable” Osiris dictionary but not SPSS cards Machine “actionable” SPSS CBLT Book
DDI 1 and 2 Built to emulate early code BOOKS and digital Codebooks… 1. 0 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION 2. 0 STUDY DESCRIPTION 3. 0 DATA FILES DESCRIPTION 4. 0 VARIABLE DESCRIPTION 5. 0 OTHER STUDY-RELATED MATERIALS
Problems of early digital codebooks (part 2) • Static, inflexible. • Meant to document the end point of research -- Views research as linear. • Hard to re-use the information for new research.
Problems of DDI 1 and 2 • Emulated the Code Book • Not flexible enough • We could do so much more…
Three Stages of Technological Change Type of Change Modernization Innovation Transformation Characterized by Doing what we’ve always done, but using technology to do more and to increase efficiency Doing things we’ve wanted to do, but could not do without the technology Doing things that we didn’t imagine until technology made it possible.
Three Stages of Technological Change Type of Change Characterized by Early digital codebooks Doing what we’ve always done, but using technology to do more and to increase efficiency DDI 1 and 2 Doing things we’ve wanted to do, but could not do without the technology DDI 3 Doing things that we didn’t imagine until technology made it possible.
Three Stages of Technological Change Type of Change Characterized by Early digital codebooks Making codebooks machine readable DDI 1 and 2 Making codebooks re-usable, even machine actionable… DDI 3 Re-thinking “documentation” Re-thinking the research process
DDI 1 and 2 • • • Document Description Study Description Data Files Description Variable Description Other Study-Related Materials
DDI 1 and 2 • • • Document Description Study Description Data Files Description Variable Description Other Study-Related Materials DDI 3 • • Study Concept Data Collection Data Processing Data Distribution Data Archiving Data Discovery Data Analysis Repurposing