Study title

Personal Information Management of Students at the University of Tampere 2017

Dataset ID Number

FSD3249

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3249

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Männistö, Ruut (University of Tampere. Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media)

Abstract

The study charted personal information management of students at the University of Tampere and how the students stored and organised documents related to their studies.

First, the respondents were asked about paper documents related to their studies. The respondents were asked how they took notes in class, what type of a calendar they used, which types of documents they kept on paper, for how long they stored different types of paper documents, and how they organised paper documents. Next, the respondents were asked which documents they stored electronically and where they stored them. Organisation and naming practices of electronic documents were also examined, as well as whether the respondents considered finding their electronic documents easy. Finally, questions covered transferring documents from one location to another, erasing unnecessary files, and whether the respondents preferred to read study materials electronically or on paper.

Background variables included age group, gender, faculty, and number of years spent studying at higher education institutions.

Keywords

information retrieval; information use; learning; students (college); teaching materials

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Männistö, Ruut (University of Tampere. Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media)

Time Period Covered

2017

Collection Dates

2017-11-23 – 2017-12-06

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Tampere

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Students at the University of Tampere

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The questionnaire was sent to the boards of 27 student associations operating under the Student Union of the University of Tampere (Tamy) with a request to forward the questionnaire to members. Contact details of the associations were obtained from Tamy. In total, 161 responses were received and all faculties were represented.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Women are overrepresented in the sample.

To prevent identification of individuals, the following anonymisation measures were taken: timestamps of responses were removed as well as degree programme (q32) and an open-ended comment variable (q34). The remaining open-ended responses were processed and identifiers were removed concerning e.g. the respondents' study modules. Anonymisations done at FSD were marked with [square brackets].

Open-ended responses of the type "other, please specify" were removed in variables q1, q2, q3, q6, q7, q14, q21, and q24.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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.

Bibliographical Citation

Männistö, Ruut (University of Tampere): Personal Information Management of Students at the University of Tampere 2017 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2019-07-09). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3249

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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

Related Materials

Männistö, Ruut (2018). Yliopisto-opiskelijoiden henkilökohtainen tiedonhallinta. Kyselytutkimus Tampereen yliopiston opiskelijoille. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Informaatiotutkimus ja interaktiivinen media. Pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201804111517

Related Publications

Männistö, Ruut (2018). Yliopisto-opiskelijoiden henkilökohtainen tiedonhallinta. Kyselytutkimus Tampereen yliopiston opiskelijoille. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Informaatiotutkimus ja interaktiivinen media. Pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201804111517