This readme.txt file was generated on 20240410 by Turuna Seecharan (updated by data curator 20240530)

Recommended citation for the data: Seecharan, Turuna S; Smith, Jessica; Gapinski, Dallas; Sperle, Ryan. (2024). Student perspective about using the bus. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/pdkv-9440.


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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of Dataset: "Student perspective about using the bus"

2. Author Information

  Principal Investigator Contact Information
        Name:Turuna Seecharan
           Institution: University of Minnesota Duluth
           Address: 1305 Ordean Court, VKH 105, Duluth, MN, 55812
           Email: tseechar@d.umn.edu
	   ORCID: 0000-0002-4573-031X
  
  Co-authors (Contact information during data collection. Note that the co-authors have since moved to other institutions)
	Name: Smith, Jessica
           Institution: University of Minnesota Duluth
           Address: 1305 Ordean Court, VKH 105, Duluth, MN, 55812
           Email: smit7779@d.umn.edu
	   ORCID: NA
	Name: Gapinski, Dallas
           Institution: University of Minnesota Duluth
           Address: 1305 Ordean Court, VKH 105, Duluth, MN, 55812
           Email: gapin026@d.umn.edu
	   ORCID: NA
	Name: Sperle, Ryan
           Institution: University of Minnesota Duluth
           Address: 1305 Ordean Court, VKH 105, Duluth, MN, 55812
           Email: sperl097@d.umn.edu
	   ORCID: NA

3. Date published or finalized for release: 2024-04-15

4. Date of data collection: 2019-02-27 to 2019-04-08

5. Geographic location of data collection: Duluth, MN 

6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Non-Sponsored Funding

7. Overview of the data (abstract): 
This dataset includes raw data from a survey disseminated to students to gain an understanding about why they don't use the bus more often. 
In addition to preferred commuting methods, their population destinations, and reasons why they don't use the bus, 
the survey attempts to gain information on the cost of ownership of their personal vehicle.


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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
CC0 1.0 Universal
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 
Seecharan, Turuna. (2023). Optimizing a Public Transportation System based on Young Drivers’ Attitudes and the Theory of Planned Behavior Factors. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.56831/PSEN-02-042.

3. Was data derived from another source? no

4. Terms of Use: Data Repository for the U of Minnesota (DRUM) By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. https://conservancy.umn.edu/pages/drum/policies/#terms-of-use


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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File List
   A. Filename: VariableNames_Codebook.csv      
      Short description: This file contains a list of all the variables and values.        

   B. Filename: Responses_Raw.csv        
      Short description: This is the raw (uncleaned) dataset of survey responses.       
        
2. Relationship between files: data and description of the data        


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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Survey developed by researchers.

2. Methods for processing the data: Personal identifiers were removed. This is the raw data.

3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Excel

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: NA

5. Environmental/experimental conditions: Survey respondents completed the survey on their laptop/computer or phone (depending on how they accessed the survey)

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Personal identifiers removed.

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Jessica Smith, Dallas Gapinski, and Ryan Sperly assisted with disseminating the survey and collecting the data.


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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: VariableNames_Codebook.csv
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1. Number of variables: 29

2. Number of cases/rows: 369

3. Missing data codes: empty cells

4. Variable List: See the attached file "VariableNames_Codebook.csv"