Internet Researchers’ Data Sharing Survey

Name: Internet Researchers’ Data Sharing Survey
Published: 2018-07-26
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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Project Description

Summary: This study examines how data reuse experience, attitudinal beliefs, social norms, and resource factors influence Internet researchers to share data with other researchers outside their teams. An online survey was conducted to examine the extent to which data reuse experience, attitudinal beliefs, social norms, and resource factors predicted Internet researchers’ data sharing intentions and behaviors. A total of 201 responses were used for the final data analysis.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Internet researcher; data sharing

Geographic Coverage: Over the world

Time Period(s): 2/22/2016 – 3/31/2016 (Spring 2016)

Collection Date(s): 2/22/2016 – 3/31/2016 (Spring 2016)

Universe: Internet researchers over the world in early 2016

Data Type(s): survey data

Collection Notes: The Internet researchers’ data sharing survey was performed with the Internet researchers who were registered in the AoIR mailing list. In order to recruit survey participants, we utilized two different survey strategies. First, we conducted the survey by distributing it through the AoIR mailing list. Second, we also sent out personalized survey messages to those who previously sent any messages to the AoIR mailing list. For the second strategy, we identified 1,416 potential survey participants and sent emails. Qualtrics, an online survey program, was employed to distribute the recruitment message, and the link to the survey questionnaire was included in the recruitment messages.

From the first approach, a total of 54 partial and full responses were received from February 22 to March 31, 2016. From the second approach, a total of 246 partial and full responses were received from March 3 to March 31, 2016. Among the 54 and 246 responses (from general and personalized message campaign), 21 and 78 responses were removed respectively for the first and second approaches if they missed more than 5% of answers, or they did not answer the data sharing intention questions (outcome variables). Therefore, a total of 201 responses were used for the final data analysis.

Methodology

Response Rate: The response rate was calculated based on the second approach (i.e., personalized message campaign) because we can specify the potential survey participants and actual survey respondents from it. Since 168 valid responses were received from 1,265 potential survey participants, and it indicated a 13.3% response rate (168/1,265=0.1328).

Sampling: The Internet researchers’ data sharing survey was performed with the Internet researchers who were registered in the AoIR mailing list.

Data Source: Online survey with Internet researchers who were registered in the AoIR mailing list

Collection Mode(s): web-based survey

Scales: This research employed 5-point Likert scales ranging from “Strongly Disagree”, “Disagree”, “Neither Disagree nor Agree”, “Agree”, and “Strongly Agree” for the most of items measuring Internet researchers’ diverse perceptions toward data sharing and data sharing intention and actual behavior. Each construct was measured with multiple items.

Weights:

No weight method was used.

Unit(s) of Observation: Individual

Geographic Unit: Over the world

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