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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the FAIR item’s dimensions

From: FAIR data management: a framework for fostering data literacy in biomedical sciences education

Item

Role

N

Median

IQR

Statistic

p-value*

findable_1: does the data set have any identifier assigned?

1

15

4.00

1.00

178

0.175

 

2

31

3.00

2.00

  

findable_2: Is the data set identifier included in all records/metadata files that describe the data?

1

15

2.00

1.00

228

0.913

 

2

31

2.00

1.00

  

findable_3: How is data described with metadata?

1

15

3.00

2.50

227

0.890

 

2

31

3.00

2.50

  

findable_4: What type of repository or registry is the metadata record located in?

1

15

4.00

2.50

218

0.734

 

2

31

3.00

3.00

  

accesible_1: To what extent is the data accessible?

1

15

4.00

4.00

212

0.610

 

2

31

5.00

5.00

  

accesible_2: Is the data available online without the need for specialized protocols or tools once access is approved?

1

15

4.00

2.00

231

0.970

 

2

31

5.00

2.00

  

interoperable_1: In what format is the data available?

1

15

1.00

2.00

218

0.705

 

2

31

1.00

2.00

  

interoperable_2: Is the data available online without the need for specialized protocols or tools once access is approved?

1

15

3.00

2.00

154

0.056

 

2

31

2.00

2.00

  

interoperable_3: What best describes the types of vocabularies/ontologies/labeling schemes used to define the data?

1

15

3.00

0.00

165

0.023

 

2

31

3.00

1.00

  

reusable_1: Which of the following best describes the rights of

license/use associated with the data?

1

15

5.00

2.00

210

0.562

 

2

31

5.00

4.00

  

reusable_2: How much provenance information has been captured to facilitate

data reuse?

1

15

3.00

3.00

209

0.566

 

2

31

5.00

4.00

  
  1. *Mann-Whitney U test