Comments on: How should we deal with your data? http://www.copress.org/2008/09/23/how-should-we-deal-with-your-data/ Building a Better Technical Ecosystem for Student News Organizations Mon, 10 May 2010 13:35:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Kevin Koehlerhttp://www.copress.org/2008/09/23/how-should-we-deal-with-your-data/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Kevin Koehler Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:17:07 +0000 http://www.copress.org/?p=74#comment-20 Since a number of the questions ask for what could be considered sensitive information, publications' identities should be kept confidential. Only the two or three people working directly on the study should have access the full thing.Our published report on the survey, and I think there's no doubt results ought be public, could include either a) only the answers in aggregate or b) also individual answer sets, with the names redacted.Include a list of papers that participated, just don't disclose what answers are whose. I've seen university "peer group" studies conducted this way.I think that would strike the right balance between openness and protecting interests. Since a number of the questions ask for what could be considered sensitive information, publications’ identities should be kept confidential. Only the two or three people working directly on the study should have access the full thing.

Our published report on the survey, and I think there’s no doubt results ought be public, could include either a) only the answers in aggregate or b) also individual answer sets, with the names redacted.

Include a list of papers that participated, just don’t disclose what answers are whose. I’ve seen university “peer group” studies conducted this way.

I think that would strike the right balance between openness and protecting interests.

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