Roundtable 2
Abstracts

ZA CodebookExplorer –
A Tool for Exploring Metadata for Comparative Surveys
Wolfgang Zenk-Möltgen
Central Archive for Empirical Social Research
CD-ROM Version of the ZA CodebookExplorer

Why Create an Internet Version?

• No installation necessary
• Updates can be made more quickly than with CD-ROM delivery
• All users have the same version (program and data)
• Even more easy to use than a stand-alone program
• Risks of an Internet Version
• Slow transmission of large amounts of data
• Availability can not be guaranteed
• A complex application must use session variables for the interaction with the user
• Access rights must be defined if not all metadata is publicly available

Internet Version of the ZA CodebookExplorer

• Open a Database and Login
• Browse Studies and Variables
• View Descriptions of Studies, Categories etc.
• View Variables and Question Text
• Compare Variables or Languages
• View Categories the Same Way
• View Trends etc. the Same Way
• Download PDF Questionnaires
• Open Questionnaire with Acrobat Reader
• Simple Search within the Browser
• Extended Search in Database Fields
• View Found Variables and Questions
• View Found Descriptions
• Make a Frequency Analysis
• Make a Crosstab Analysis
• View the Help File of the CD-ROM Version Online