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A Survey Data Archive Network in Africa - Possibilities and Practicalities

Author(s) -

Lynn Woolfrey

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

iassist quarterly

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2331-4141

pISSN - 0739-1137

DOI - 10.29173/iq611

Subject(s) - survey data collection , data science , geography , library science , computer science , statistics , mathematics

IASSIST Quarterly Spring 2007 by Lynn Woolfrey* The Role of Survey Data Archives Survey Data Archives perform the dual functions of facilitating data sharing and assisting in safeguarding the quality of the data shared. Dedicated archives for the sharing of social survey data evolved as a result of the development of quantitative research within the social sciences, involving the collection of social statistics through surveys. Quantitative social research and the establishment of Survey Data Archives to house and disseminate the output of this research were in turn aided by the invention of the computer and its increasingly sophisticated technologies.

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