[DDI-users] Data processing and Data Distribution in the DDI lifecycle

[Wendy Thomas]

Hi My,

Data Processing and Distribution in DDI terms includes a wide range of 
activies so think of them very generically. Examples of Data Processing 
include:

commands used to determine or drive data flow
recoding and derivation of variables
imputation
data cleaning
data capture commands for non-questionnaire data
comparison definitions for translation between response domains
etc.

Distribution can cover distributing data directly or providing access. 
Distribution or access can be "in-house" between members of an 
organization or outside. It can be done directly by the agency creating or 
collecting the data or through an organization (library, archive, etc.) 
designed to provide access to data (acting as the middle man).

I will separately send you one of the slide decks from our GESIS workshop 
which may describe this more completely for you. We are in the process of 
getting these set up for access but have not yet made the final review.

Wendy




On Fri, 21 Jan 2011, My Coyne wrote:

> Hi All,
> Reference:  DDi_3.1_Part_I_Overview.pdf, page 7, figure 1 "Combined
> Life Cycle Model"
> The above reference shows that the the life cycle includes:
> Study concept -> data collection -> data processing -> Data
> distribution -> data discovery -> data analysis.
> Would someone please give me the DDI's definition of what data
> processing and data distribution is.
> What are the DDI modules and XML tags that are used for data
> processing and data distribution?
> Thank you very much for help.
> My Coyne
> mcoyne at boninc.com
> (cel): 301-399-6351

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