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Main Authors: Bernard, H. Russell, Jones, Ray
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1984
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ315648
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  • Machine-Readable Data Files in the Social Sciences: An Anthropologist and a Librarian Look at the Issues. Bernard, H. Russell Jones, Ray Cataloging Computer Software Databases Information Retrieval Library Collections Online Searching Online Systems Quality Control Social Sciences Statistical Analysis Statistical Data Focuses on problems in making machine-readable data files (MRDFs) accessible and in using them: quality of data in MRDFs themselves (social scientists' concern) and accessibility--availability of bibliographic control, quality of documentation, level of user skills (librarians' concern). Skills needed by social scientists and librarians are discussed. (5 references) (EJS)