Aineiston nimi

Linux User Perspectives on Operating Systems 2008-2009

Aineistonumero

FSD2964

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2964

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Karvinen, Juho (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)

Sisällön kuvaus

The study investigated the views of Finnish Linux users on three operating systems: Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

The respondents' images of operating systems were charted by asking them to rate each OS on a semantic differential scale (seven-point scale between opposite adjectives, e.g. "easy to use - difficult to use", "just - unjust"). Further questions charted participation in the Linux community, and the respondents were asked whether Linux was their primary operating system, which Linux distribution they used, whether they had participated in developing Linux, on what level they had participated in the activities of the Linux community (online, local, national), and what their main reasons for using Linux were.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, type of municipality of residence, education, economic activity and occupational status, politicial party choice if parliamentary elections were held at the time of the survey, and participation in the activities of voluntary or civic organisations/associations.

Asiasanat

Linux; MacOS; Windows; communities; computer science; computer software; computers; information and communications technology; participation

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Natural sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Information technology (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Karvinen, Juho (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2008-12-11 – 2009-01-16

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2008-12-11 – 2009-01-16

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish people using Linux

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Availability

Invitations to participate in the survey were sent to the email lists of the Finnish Linux User Group (FLUG) and the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions (COSS) as well as several student associations at the University of Tampere. The invitations were also shared elsewhere, such as personal blogs and, without the researcher's intiative, on the forums of Ubuntu Finland and Suomi24, and on Ampparit.com news portal.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

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Datan versio

3.0

Katso myös

FSD2965 Female Linux Users: Interviews 2010-2012

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The data is supposed to represent Finnish Linux users, but there is no reliable information available on the population. Thus, assessing potential skewness of the data is not possible.

For reasons of privacy, the open-ended variables in the end of the enquiry were removed from the data.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Karvinen, Juho (University of Tampere): Linux User Perspectives on Operating Systems 2008-2009 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2019-01-23). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2964

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Karvinen, Juho (2013). Linuxin käyttö ja naissukupuoleen kohdistuvat odotukset. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201312191774

Julkaisut aineistosta

Karvinen, Juho (2013). Linuxin käyttö ja naissukupuoleen kohdistuvat odotukset. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Sosiologian Pro gradu -tutkielma