NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Report Number 5. Summary Report to Phase 1 Respondents Including Frequency Distributions

Abstract

Phase 1 of a four part study was undertaken investigating the use of scientific and technical information (STI) by U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists. Specific attention was paid to institutional and sociometric variables and to the step-by-step process of information gathering used by the respondents. Data were collected by means of three self-administered mail-back questionnaires. The approximately 34,000 members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) served as the study population. More than 65 percent of the randomly selected respondents returned the questionnaires in each of the three groups. Respondents relied more heavily upon informal sources of information than formal sources and turned to librarians and other technical information specialists only when they did not obtain results via informal means or their own formal searches. Report includes frequency distributions for the questions. Knowledge diffusion, Knowledge transfer, NASA technical reports, User study, STI.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA252054

Entities

People

  • John M. Kennedy
  • Terry F. White
  • Thomas E. Pinelli

Organizations

  • Langley Research Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerospace Industry
  • Astronautics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Foreign Languages
  • Governments
  • Language
  • National Governments
  • Reliability
  • Space Sciences
  • Technical Information Centers
  • United States

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space