Enabling quantitative Data analysis through e-infrastructure

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-552

  Tan, Koon Leai Larry ^a   Lambert, Paul S ^a   Turner, Ken J ^a   Blum, Jesse ^a   Gayle, Vernon ^a   Jones, Simon B ^a   Sinnott, Richard O ^b   Warner, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data management; e Infrastructure; Metadata; Quantitative data; Workflows

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350504477     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439309332647     Document Type: Article

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