FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY DATA ASSET FRAMEWORK (DAF) INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE (Fall 2013) - HSC# 2013.11347

The DAF Interview, FSU IRB HSC#2013.11347, consisted of 45 questions and covered eleven categories focused on research data management in a domain. The categories included: (1) Area of Research, (2) Disciplinary Domain Research Data Management, (3) Exemplar Research Project – The Funding Application Stage, (4) Exemplar Research Project – Data Collection Stage, (5) Exemplar Research Project - Data Storage and Backup, (6) Exemplar Research Project - Sharing and Security Research, (7) Exemplar Research Project - Archiving Data, (8) Expected Support, (9) Effective use of infrastructure, (10) Data Management Confidence and Awareness, and (11) Concluding Questions and Comments. Each category contained interview questions. The interview was administered to scientists online via Qualtrics and remained active from November 1, 2013 to December 23, 2013. There were 7 participants and 6 completed the interview for an 86% completion rate. The (1) DCC Curation Lifecycle Model, (2) Level 3 Curation Model, and (3) An Adapted Conceptual Framework Model were introduced as referent models images. These referent modes images were enabled with the Qualtrics Heat Map feature that allowed the images to capture responses via clicking on the images. This feature allowed interview participants to provide data through clicking on the elements of the images that best represent their involvement in research and perspectives on necessary processes when conducting research within and across disciplines. The data revealed three types of levels of experience with respect to reserch data managment within the scope of this research study: expert/advanced, intermediate, and novice resulting in multiple approaches for RDM articulation, education, training, and collaboration.