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Survey Results – Data Preservation and Management

DATA1 – Accumulating Research Data

About 65% of the respondents build up collections of scientific, qualitative, quantitative, or primary source research data in the course of their research.

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DATA2 – Accumulating Media Data

About 56% of the respondents build up digital collections of image or media research data in the course of their research.

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DATA3 – Importance of Different Data Types

The respondents rated the importance of different types of data from 10 (Extremely important) to 1 (Not at all important). The chart below shows the average importance rating.

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DATA4 – Features for Managing and Preserving Data

The question provides 8 features relating to data management for the respondents to rate their importance, using a scale from 10 (Extremely important) to 1 (Not at all important). The chart below shows the average importance rating.

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DATA5 – Point of View on Various Data Issues

There are 7 statements on which respondents rate their level of agreement from 10 (Extremely well) to 1 (Not at all well).

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DATA6 – Perceived Values of Data Support

The question lists 8 sources of data support. Free software was ranked the highest on average, followed by library.

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DATA7 – Data Preservation Practices

There are 5 methods listed here. The majority (70%) of the respondents preserve data themselves; all other options have relatively few votes.

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last modified 21 June 2018