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Towards standards for the description of machine-readable historical data
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Abstract Some years ago, the Center for Historical Social Research has started to archive and to disseminate machine-readable historical data for comparative and for secondary analyses.
(1) This work has been accompanied by the development of a specific instrument for describing machine-readable historical ... view more
Some years ago, the Center for Historical Social Research has started to archive and to disseminate machine-readable historical data for comparative and for secondary analyses.
(1) This work has been accompanied by the development of a specific instrument for describing machine-readable historical data. This instrument has to meet the information needs of users of machine-readable historical data, information needs which are different to those of the users of machinereadable survey data. In this paper, standards for the description of machine-readable historical data are proposed which are also designed to become reporting standards for primary researchers in describing their data.... view less
Keywords
electronic data processing; historical social research; data bank; data; data preparation
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Method
development of methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
1981
Page/Pages
p. 3-10
Journal
Historical Social Research, 6 (1981) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.6.1981.2.3-10
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed