SIPP ACCESS: Information tools improve access to national longitudinal panel surveys
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1988Submitted date
2008-04-17Keywords
Information ScienceInformation Retrieval
Social Informatics
Information Seeking Behaviors
Information Systems
Local subject classification
information accessinformation system
statistical data
SIPP ACCESS
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SIPP ACCESS: Information tools improve access to national longitudinal panel surveys 1988, 27(4):499-515 Research QuarterlyJournal
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SIPP ACCESS represents an innovation in providing services for statistical data. A computer-based, integrated information system incorporates both the data and information about the data. SIPP ACCESS systematically links the technologies of laser disk, mainframe computer, microcomputer, and electronic networks and applies relational technology to create great efficiencies and lower the costs of storing, managing, retrieving, and transmitting data and information about complex statistical data collections. This information system has been applied to national longitudinal panel surveys. The article describes the reasons why SIPP ACCESS was created to improve access to these complex surveys and provides examples of tools that facilitate access to information about the contents of these large data sets.Type
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