This readme.txt file was generated on 2016-07-19 by Patrick OBrien
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Title of Dataset: Google Analytics Total Page Views data set supporting study on Undercounting File Downloads from Institutional Repositories


File Information:  Filename: gaTotalPageViews.zip
Short description:  Contains PDF exports of Google Analytics > Behavior > Site Content > All Pages Report used to estimate Total Page Views for the 4 study participants:
LoboVault - University of New Mexico - https://repository.unm.edu 
MacSphere - McMaster University - https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca
ScholarWorks - Montana State University – http://scholarworks.montana.edu
USpace - University of Utah – http://uspace.utah.edu


If data set includes multiple files related to one another, include relationship here:
gaTotalPageViews.zip contains 4 PDF exports of each study participants Google Analytics > Behavior > Site Content > All Pages report listing the number of Pageviews recorded during the 134 day study period.
unmTotalPageViews.pdf - LoboVault - University of New Mexico 
mcMasterTotalPageViews.pdf - MacSphere - McMaster University
msuTotalPageViews.pdf - ScholarWorks - Montana State University
uspaceTotalPageViews.pdf - USpace - University of Utah

Principal Investigator Contact Information
Name:  Patrick OBrien
Institution: Montana State University Library
Address: P.O. Box 173320, Centennial Mall, Bozeman, MT 59717-3320
Email: patrick.obrien4@montana.edu


Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
Name: Kenning Arlitsch
Institution: Montana State University Library
Address: P.O. Box 173320, Centennial Mall, Bozeman, MT 59717-3320
Email: Kenning.Arlitsch@montana.edu


Date of data collection: 2016-01-05 to 2016-05-17


Geographic location of data collection: city, state, zip code, country
Bozeman, Montana (MT), 59717, USA
Salt Lake City, Utah (UT),, USA
Albuquerque, New Mexico (NM), 87131, USA
Hamilton, Ontario (ON), L8S 4L8, Canada

Date files were created: 2016-06-24


Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no


Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:
The authors wish to express their gratitude to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which funded this research via the following Grant:
Arlitsch, K., OBrien, P., Kyrillidou, M., Clark, J. A., Young, S. W. H., Mixter, J., … Stewart, C. (2014). Measuring Up: Assessing Accuracy of Reported Use and Impact of Digital Repositories (Funded grant proposal) (pp. 1–10). Institute of Museum and Library Services. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/8924


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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Pageviews vs. Unique Pageviews @ https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1257084#pageviews_vs_unique_views

Methods for processing the data: Google Analytics

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People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:
Patrick OBrien, Semantic Web Research Director, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA
Kenning Arlitsch, Dean of the Library, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA
Leila Sterman, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA
Jeff Mixter, Software Engineer, OCLC Research, Dublin, OH USA
Jonathan Wheeler, Data Curation Librarian, University of New Mexico, NM USA
Susan Borda, Digital Technologies Development Librarian, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA


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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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Parameters and/or variables used in the data set
Name:  Google Analytics > Behavior > Site Content > All Pages Report 
Description:  The total number of Pageviews tracked by Google Analytics during study
Units of measurement:  Pageviews


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Other specialized formats or abbreviations used: n/a


Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package:
gaEvents.zip
gaItemSummaryPageViews.zip
gaSourceSessions.zip
irDataUnderCount.zip
irDataUnderCountCiteContentDownloads.zip

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
Recommended: CC0. To the extent possible under law, the author has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work. This work is published from the United States.


Other licensing options are available at https://creativecommons.org/


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Was data derived from another source?
List source(s):  Google Analytics


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CREDITS
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