[DDI-users] Cross-reference and DDI

[Wendy Thomas]

Dear Jeong Yeob Han

This is because the current version of DDI does not handle comparative
data files. There is a working group that is putting out a proposal to the
SRG for incorporating this type of comparison into DDI Version 3.0. It is
something that we have wanted in the DDI for some time.

Wendy Thomas
SRG


On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, JEONG YEOB HAN wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am developing datawork using Nesstar publisher and the work is going
> great. But other concerns I have now are cross-referencing
> between variables across different datasets. For example, we want to
> make sure our current self-efficacy measure is measured in a same
> manner with older data and how the questionnaires measuring that
> variable
> changed. It seems like that Nesstar software does not directly deal
> with this issue. Did you deal with this kind of issues upon doing your
> data work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeong Yeob Han
> Doctoral Student
> School of Journalism and Mass Communication
> University of Wisconsin - Madison
>         &
> Research Assistant
> Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research (CECCR)
> University of Wisconsin - Madison
> 1131 WARF Building
> 611 Walnut Street
> Madison, WI 53726
> Tel: (608)265-3270
> jeonghan at chsra.wisc.edu
> http://chess.chsra.wisc.edu
>
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