Study - Properties and Relationships

Properties

Name Type Cardinality
bibliographicCitation InternationalStructuredString 0..1
kindOfData ExternalControlledVocabularyEntry 0..n
overview InternationalStructuredString 0..1

bibliographicCitation

Complete bibliographic reference containing all of the standard elements of a citation that can be used to cite the work. The “format” attribute is provided to enable specification of the particular citation style used, e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.

kindOfData

Describes, with a string or a term from a controlled vocabulary, the kind of data documented in the logical product(s) of a study unit. Examples include survey data, census/enumeration data, administrative data, measurement data, assessment data, demographic data, voting data, etc.

overview

A general descriptive overview of the Study

Relationships

Name Type Cardinality allways external
accessInformation Access 0..n no
hasAgentListing AgentListing 0..n no
hasAlgorithm AlgorithmOverview 0..n no
hasAnalysisUnit UnitType 0..n no
hasAuthorizationSource AuthorizationSource 0..n no
hasBudget Budget 0..n no
hasConcept Concept 0..n no
hasCoverage Coverage 0..n no
hasDesign DesignOverview 0..n no
hasEmbargo Embargo 0..n no
hasExPostEvaluation ExPostEvaluation 0..1 no
hasFundingInformation FundingInformation 0..n no
hasInstanceVariable InstanceVariable 0..n no
hasInstrument ImplementedInstrument 0..n no
hasMethodology MethodologyOverview 0..n no
hasPopulation Population 0..n no
hasProcess ProcessOverview 0..n no
hasQualityStatement QualityStatement 0..n no
hasSamplingProcedure SamplingProcedure 0..n no
hasUniverse Universe 0..n no
hasVariableCollection VariableCollection 0..n no
partOfSeries StudySeries 0..n no
realizes CollectionMember 0..n yes

accessInformation

Information relating to the availability of data from the study.

hasAgentListing

Makes use of the Agent Listing to define relationships between agents.

hasAlgorithm

A relationship to a description of a simple overview, in which case the AlgorithmOverView class should be the target.

hasAnalysisUnit

Unit(s) of analysis for the study, e.g. persons, households.

hasAuthorizationSource

The authorizing agency and allows for the full text of the authorization (law, regulation, or other form of authorization).

hasBudget

A description of the budget for the Study

hasConcept

A Study may relate to multiple concepts. These may also be denoted by keywords in an Annotation.

hasCoverage

Spatial, Temporal, and Topical coverage information for the Study

hasDesign

The design for the Study

hasEmbargo

Information about data that are not currently available because of policies established by the principal investigators and/or data producers.

hasExPostEvaluation

Evaluation for the purpose of reviewing the study, data collection, data processing, or management processes.

hasFundingInformation

Information about the individual, agency and/or grant(s) which funded the described entity.

hasInstanceVariable

A variable describing actual instances of data as recorded in the study. An example might be self reported gender, with categories of male encoded as “0” and female encoded as “1”, with missing values recorded as “-9” for refused and “-8” as “not asked”, recorded (physically) as an integer.

hasInstrument

The implemented instruments used in capturing the data. The ImplentedInstrument designates the mode of delivery, a relation to an external representation of the instrument, and reference to the conceptual instrument that contains more detailed information on the content of the instrument.

hasMethodology

A relationship to a description of a simple overview, in which case the MethodologyOverView class should be the target.

hasPopulation

The set of specific Units studied. Examples: 1. Canadian adult persons residing in Canada on 13 November 1956 2. US computer companies at the end of 2012 3. Universities in Denmark 1 January 2011.

hasProcess

Overview of the Process employed in the Study

hasQualityStatement

A statement of quality which may be related to an external standard or contain a simple statement of internal quality goals or expectations.

hasSamplingProcedure

The methodologies for sampling employed by the study.

hasUniverse

The defined classes of Units related to the data, Examples: 1. Canadian adults (not limited to those residing in Canada) 2. Computer companies 3. Universities

hasVariableCollection

A Study may relate to a multiple collections of variables which may be defined by type, subject, use, source, etc.

partOfSeries

A series in which this Study takes part.

realizes

A Study can be a member of a Collection (a StudySeries)