Seeking explanation in theory: Reflections on the social practices of organizations that distribute public use microdata files for research purposes

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1169-1189

  Robbin, Alice ^a   Koball, Heather ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; SECURITY OF DATA;

MICRODATA; STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE LIMITATION (SDL);

INTERNET;

EID: 0035498784     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.1183     Document Type: Article

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