Hypermedia Online Publishing: the Transformation of the Scholarly Journal
7.2.6 Data encoding
The results were entered into the Statview package to produce both descriptive and statistical summaries of the information. The final data set comprised 1038 rows by 44 columns for a total of 45672 data points.
The answers to the survey instrument were encoded as a series of variables. These variables appear throughout this chapter as identifiers in tables and graphs. The variables are grouped into categories according to the sections of the survey instrument. Table 7-3 shows the variables used.To assist in grouping variables, each variable has been prefixed with its survey instrument category. Variables starting with T- relate to the Technology questions. F- indicates the Frequency of use questions. A- and D- stand for Advantages and Disadvantages respectively.
Table 7-3: Encoded Variables
|
Variable/Category
|
Survey Question
|
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Demographics
|
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Industry Category
|
Industry Category
|
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Employee Role
|
Primary Employment Role
|
|
T
echnology
|
|
T-PC
|
Access to a Personal Computer
|
|
T-CD Drive
|
Access to a CD-ROM drive
|
|
T-Sound
|
Access to Sound output
|
|
T-Colour
|
Access to a Colour screen
|
|
T-Network
|
Access to a Direct Network connection
|
|
T-Modem
|
Access to a Modem connection
|
|
T-Other
|
Any other form of computing technology (specified by the respondent)
|
|
F
requency of use of electronic publishing mechanisms
|
|
F-Subscribe
|
Subscribe to electronic publishing forums
|
|
F-FTP
|
Use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to access materials
|
|
F-Gopher
|
Use Gopher to access materials
|
|
F-WWW
|
Use World Wide Web to access materials
|
|
F-CDROM
|
Access materials on CD-ROM
|
|
F-Views
|
View electronic journal(s)
|
|
F-Psyche
|
View the electronic journal Psyche
|
|
F-Publishes
|
Publish electronically
|
|
A
dvantages of electronic scholarly publishing
|
|
A-Speed
|
Speed of publication
|
|
A-24 Hour
|
24 hours a day access
|
|
A-Convenience
|
Convenience
|
|
A-Feedback
|
The way they encourage feedback
|
|
A-Paper
|
Reduced paper consumption
|
|
A-Searching
|
Ease of searching
|
|
A-Multimedia
|
Multimedia publications
|
|
A-Affordability
|
Affordability
|
|
A-US1
|
User-entered advantage number 1
|
|
A-US2
|
User-entered advantage number 2
|
|
D
isadvantages of electronic scholarly publishing
|
|
D-Quality
|
Poor quality
|
|
D-Refereeing
|
Lack of refereeing
|
|
D-Copyright
|
Concerns about copyright
|
|
D-Plagiarism
|
Increased plagiarism
|
|
D-Skills
|
Special skills needed to use
|
|
D-Equipment
|
Special equipment needed to access
|
|
D-Format
|
Format is not reader friendly
|
|
D-Costs
|
Communication costs to access them
|
|
D-US1
|
User-entered disadvantage number 1
|
|
D-US2
|
User-entered disadvantage number 2
|
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