Social Media Survey for CDC User Experiences

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* 1. Have you ever spent time searching for research datasets from online data catalogues?

Yes

Don't know

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* 2. Where have you searched for OR accessed datasets? (Tick all that apply)

Study websites (e.g. European Social Survey)

Governmental and/or NGO websites (e.g. National Statistics Office, UN data)

General data archives

Domain specific data archives

Cross-national data catalogues (e.g. CESSDA Data Catalogue)

Google search (e.g. Google Scholar, Dataset Search - Google)

University data repositories

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How do you typically search for a dataset ? (Tick all that apply)

By the name of the study (e.g., GSS, WVS, Eurobarometer)

By using wording in the questions (question wording)

By topics/subject

By variables of interest

By the names of the authors/ data creators

Free text search

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Have you done online data searches to find variables using the variable name or label?

Yes

Don't know

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* 5. When searching for datasets, how important is it that you can inspect variable information (e.g. question wording, response options, missing values, summary statistics) within a study before downloading it?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 6. When searching for datasets, how necessary is it that you can inspect variable information (e.g. question wording, response options, missing values, summary statistics) within a study before downloading it?

Extremely necessary

Very necessary

Somewhat necessary

Not so necessary

Not at all necessary

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* 7. When searching for variables, what kind of information would you like to see? (Tick all that apply)

Variable names (i.e. as used by Stata or SPSS)

Variable labels (i.e. as used by Stata or SPSS)

Summary statistics (e.g. mean, median, minimum or maximum values, range, standard deviation)

Missing values categories and their labels

Response categories and their labels

Survey question texts

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Imagine you were searching for variables online, which of the following options would you use to narrow your search?

Subjects/topics

Wording of the survey question text

Variable names (i.e. as used by Stata or SPSS)

Variable labels (i.e. as used by Stata or SPSS)

Free text search

Other (please specify)

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* 9. When searching for a variable online, in which languages would you search?

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* 10. Last question! We're looking for data users to interview about the CESSDA Data Catalog. The interview would involve an online call, combined with using the CDC website. If you can spare 10 minutes of your time to help us improve the website, please enter an email address where we can contact you. Your email info will be held securely and deleted immediately after the interview is completed, in complience with the GDPR.