Glossary of Data Archive

Defines usage of technical terms in this site.

Data Archive
This word means a organ that collects and saves questionnaire sheets of statistical and social surveys. The archive also offers these data to secondly analysis.
Datasets
Each survey result data. A aggregate of Datasets is the content of Data Archive.
Database
Means information technologies that relates information items. Today, Database Technologies are essential to the business corporations, to utilize at customer management, inventory management, and order processing. Of course, SORD Archive is a application of this technology.
SSJ Data Archive
This is a Japanese Archive run by Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo runs. WWW links are available in our LINKS page.
Questionnaire
This word means written sheets utilized in each surveys. According to general privacy policy, these original questionnaire are not open to third party. Accordingly, we publish only "raw data", not original questionnaire.
Raw data
Data not yet proceeded by statistical software. In our archive, concerning eight surveys in the "opensets" page, we can publish the raw data.

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