The data documentation initiative: The value and significance of a worldwide standard

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-318

  Blank, Grant ^a,c   Rasmussen, Karsten Boye ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data documentation initiative; DDI; Secondary analysis; XML

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242715286     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439304263144     Document Type: Review

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