Sharing Social Science Data
Advantages and Challenges
1st Edition
Published on 5. April 1991
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-8039-4082-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book represents the major accomplishments of social scientists who have pioneered in data sharing, highlighting the advantages for social science. It includes an examination of the reasons for data sharing, the specific sharing practices in various disciplines, the factors affecting the usefulness of shared data and individual and institutional concerns about data sharing. It will be useful to academics across the social sciences.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
397 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-4082-6 (9780803940826)
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Person
Joan E. Sieber, a psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay, has specialized in empirical research on questions of scientific ethics, culturally sensitive methods of research and intervention, data sharing methodology, and scholarship on ethical problem solving. In 2001-2002, she was Acting Director of the National Science Foundation program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology. She is the author of eight books and numerous other publications including software and encyclopedia entries on ethical problem solving in social and behavioral research.
Content
Introduction - Joan E Sieber
Sharing Social Science Data
PART ONE: EXAMPLES OF DATA SHARING APPROACHES
Sharing Data in the Population Sciences - V Jeffery Evans
Domestic and International Trends
Sharing Anthropological Data with Peers and Third World Hosts - Douglas White
Sharing Confidential and Sensitive Data in Criminal and Civil Justice Research - Robert F Boruch, Albert Reiss, Joel Garner and Kinley Larntz
PART TWO: ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL SHARING
The Science of Data Sharing - Martin David
Documentation
Establishing and Operating a Social Science Data Archive - Josephina J Card and James L Peterson
Use of Shared Data Sets in Teaching Statistics and Methodology - Joan E Sieber and Bruce E Trumbo
PART THREE: CHALLENGES
Social Scientists' Concerns About Sharing Data - Joan E Sieber
Normative Issues in Data Sharing - Vivian Weil and Rachelle Hollander
Sharing Social Science Data
PART ONE: EXAMPLES OF DATA SHARING APPROACHES
Sharing Data in the Population Sciences - V Jeffery Evans
Domestic and International Trends
Sharing Anthropological Data with Peers and Third World Hosts - Douglas White
Sharing Confidential and Sensitive Data in Criminal and Civil Justice Research - Robert F Boruch, Albert Reiss, Joel Garner and Kinley Larntz
PART TWO: ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL SHARING
The Science of Data Sharing - Martin David
Documentation
Establishing and Operating a Social Science Data Archive - Josephina J Card and James L Peterson
Use of Shared Data Sets in Teaching Statistics and Methodology - Joan E Sieber and Bruce E Trumbo
PART THREE: CHALLENGES
Social Scientists' Concerns About Sharing Data - Joan E Sieber
Normative Issues in Data Sharing - Vivian Weil and Rachelle Hollander