This repository contains the data cleaning and analysis for the project "'1-800-Help-Me-With-Open-Science-Stuff': A Qualitative Examination of Open Science Practices in Communication Sciences and Disorders."
This qualitative study uses focus group methodology to explore the barriers and facilitators to assistant professors’ use of open science (OS) practices (preregistration, self-archiving, gold open access, and open data) in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) in the USA. Two participant groups will be enrolled:
- 12-20 assistant professors at R1 institutions, as per the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
- 12-20 assistant professors in institutions not classified as R1 (e.g., R2, doctoral/professional universities).
The study examines perceived barriers/benefits of OS practices, past/desired OS training experiences, and the potential impact of OS on participants' careers.
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Coding Transcripts:
- Focus group transcripts were coded according to the procedures outlined in the project preregistration. View the preregistration.
- The transcripts are available here.
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Extracting Codes:
- Codes were extracted from the coder's comments in the Microsoft Word transcript documents using a custom Microsoft Word macro. Access the macro.
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Matching Codes with Comments:
- The extracted codes were then matched with the participants' comments in the Data Analysis Rmd file. View the Rmd file.
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Summarizing Codes:
- The codes were counted and summarized to obtain a frequency count, which was used to write the study's results.