Informal Communication among Scientists: A Study of the Information Exchange Group Program

Abstract

The report contains a review of the experimental program - its objectives, its operation and its conclusion. Tables and analyses are presented to describe the membership of the seven Information Exchange Groups (IEG's) the scientific literature exchanged under the program and the data collected by NIH in examining the role of informal exchange in the conduct of scientific research. Membership questionnaires which provided the data for NIH surveys were analyzed as the primary source of information on the results of the six-year experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0726650

Entities

People

  • David C. Weeks
  • William F. Heenan

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Bibliographies
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Health Services
  • Information Exchange
  • Law
  • Literature
  • Materials
  • Molecular Biology
  • Questionnaires
  • Scientific Literature
  • Scientific Research
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Universities

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  • Regression Analysis.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.