Lost or Found? Discovering Data Needed for Research

TY - JOUR

T1 - Lost or Found? Discovering Data Needed for Research

AU - Gregory, Kathleen

AU - Groth, Paul

AU - Scharnhorst, Andrea

AU - Wyatt, Sally

PY - 2020/4/30

Y1 - 2020/4/30

N2 - Finding or discovering data is a necessary precursor to being able to reuse data, although relatively little large-scale empirical evidence exists about how researchers discover, make sense of and (re)use data for research. This study presents evidence from the largest known survey investigating how researchers discover and use data that they do not create themselves. We examine the data needs and discovery strategies of respondents, propose a typology for data (re)use and probe the role of social interactions and other research practices in data discovery, with the aim of informing the design of community-centric solutions and policies.

AB - Finding or discovering data is a necessary precursor to being able to reuse data, although relatively little large-scale empirical evidence exists about how researchers discover, make sense of and (re)use data for research. This study presents evidence from the largest known survey investigating how researchers discover and use data that they do not create themselves. We examine the data needs and discovery strategies of respondents, propose a typology for data (re)use and probe the role of social interactions and other research practices in data discovery, with the aim of informing the design of community-centric solutions and policies.

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/749f1cb2-9c72-3b3d-89c4-5fc333facc16/

U2 - 10.1162/99608f92.e38165eb

DO - 10.1162/99608f92.e38165eb

M3 - Article

JO - Harvard Data Science Review

JF - Harvard Data Science Review

SN - 2644-2353

ER -