[Nhcoll-l] Data Fitness for Use Study

[Bishop, Wade]

Dear Researchers,

Greetings! You are being invited to take part in a study to determine how users determine fitness for use of data. You are being invited to take part in this research study because you are a critical agent as a user of data. Your participation is completely voluntary and responses will be kept confidential. The research is being conducted by researchers at the University of Tennessee.

If you choose to participate, you will follow the link:
Data Fitness for Use<https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3aeTqQpPJzbsUjX>

The survey landing page will have more details. I know your time is valuable, but by taking around 15 minutes to participate in this study, you will provide the field with preliminary data to improve an understanding of fitness for use to improve data organization, access, and use. By participating, you will help determine the most vital aspects of data that inform whether or not data is fit for your research purposes.

There are not foreseeable risks greater than those encountered in everyday life involved with participating in this research.

You will be asked to describe how you discover and evaluate data from a recent search. You will then be prompted through a series of questions about the findability, accessibility, interoperability, reusability, and some other factors of the data and its discovery and use.

Your responses will be linked by a unique identifier for any analysis and no direct identifiers will be collected; however, all findings will be reported in the aggregate and any indirect identifiers will be removed prior to analysis.

I greatly appreciate your contribution to the study.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Bradley Wade Bishop, PhD
Associate Professor
1345 Circle Park Dr. Room 454
Communications Bldg.
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-2775
wade.bishop at utk.edu<mailto:wade.bishop at utk.edu>

CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have questions at any time about the study or you experience problems, you may contact Bradley Wade Bishop wade.bishop at utk.edu<mailto:wade.bishop at utk.edu> or 865-974-2775 (office). If you have any questions or concerns regarding your rights as a subject in this study, you may also contact the Office of Research Compliance Officer at (865) 974-7697.
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IRB NUMBER: UTK IRB-17-03977-XM
IRB APPROVAL DATE: 02/18/2020

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