Data reuse and sensemaking among novice social scientists
dc.contributor.author | Faniel, Ixchel M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kriesberg, Adam | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yakel, Elizabeth | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-12T19:01:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-02-12T19:01:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Faniel, Ixchel M.; Kriesberg, Adam; Yakel, Elizabeth (2012). "Data reuse and sensemaking among novice social scientists." Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 49(1): 1-10. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96429> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0044-7870 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1550-8390 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/96429 | |
dc.description.abstract | We know little about the data reuse practices of novice data users. Yet large scale data reuse over the long term depends in part on uptake from early career researchers. This paper examines 22 novice social science researchers and how they make sense of social science data. Novices are particularly interested in understanding how data: 1) are transformed from qualitative to quantitative data, 2) capture concepts not well‐established in the literature, and 3) can be matched and merged across multiple datasets. We discuss how novice data users make sense of data in these three circumstances. We find that novices seek to understand the data producer's rationale for methodological procedures and measurement choices, which is broadly similar to researchers in other scientific communities. However we also find that they not only reflect on whether they can trust the data producers' decisions, but also seek guidance from members of their disciplinary community. Specifically, novice social science researchers are heavily influenced by more experienced social science researchers when it comes to discovering, evaluating, and justifying their reuse of other's data. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.title | Data reuse and sensemaking among novice social scientists | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Information and Library Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, School of Information, 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48019–1285 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, School of Information, 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48019–1285 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | OCLC Research, 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017–3395 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/96429/1/14504901068_ftp.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/meet.14504901068 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology | en_US |
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