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Glossary:
Census
A census is obtained by collecting information about each member of a population.
Copyright
Copyright is the sole right, granted by law, to print, publish, translate, perform, film or record an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for a certain number of years.
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, is the current UK copyright law. It gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the right to control the ways in which their material may be used. The rights cover: broadcast and public performance, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and lending copies to the public. In many cases, the creator will also have the right to be identified as the author and to object to distortions of his work.
Cultural Sector
The cultural sector is defined by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as "the sum of activities and necessary resources (tools, infrastructure and artefacts) involved in the whole cycle of creation, making, dissemination, exhibition/reception, archiving/preservation, and education/understanding relating to cultural products and services (and) covering the following seven domains: Visual Art, Performance, Audio-Visual, Books and Press, Sport and Health, Heritage and Tourism."
Data Protection Act 1998
The Data Protection Act 1998 exists to provide protection for people's personal information and to allow others to use personal information when they need to in accordance with set statutory principles. It was passed in 1998 and came into force in 2000.
DCMS Evidence Toolkit (DET)
The DET is an online interactive web based toolkit for accessing and using information about the cultural sector.
Deskwork
Deskwork consists of those research processes which do not necessitate going into the field. For example, these include the administration, collection and analysis of postal surveys, the analysis of data collected by others, literature reviews and writing up.
Fieldwork
Fieldwork refers to the process of going out to collect research data. For example, it might involve visiting an organisation to interview members of staff, or standing on a street administering questionnaires to passers-by, or in sitting in on a meeting to observe what takes place.
Informed consent
Informed consent involves the provision of appropriate information to enable people to make informed decisions about participation in a research project.
For more information see http://www.sociology.soton.ac.uk/Proj/Informed_Consent/Resources.htm
Intellectual property
Intellectual property allows people to own their creativity and innovation in the same way that they can own physical property. The owner of intellectual property can control and be rewarded for its use, and this encourages further innovation and creativity to the benefit of us all.
Non-probability sampling
A non-probability sample is one in which some individuals or objects have a greater, but unknown, chance than others of selection.
Population
The population is the entire group of subjects or objects which is the focus of the research project
Probability sampling
A probability sample is one in which each individual or object in the population of interest has an equal, or at least known, chance (probability) of being selected.
Qualitative research
Qualitative research is concerned with collecting and analysing information in as many forms, chiefly non-numeric, as possible. It tends to focus on exploring, in as much detail as possible, smaller numbers of instances or examples which are seen as being interesting or illuminating, and aims to achieve 'depth' rather than 'breadth'.
Quantitative research
Quantitative research is concerned with the collection and analysis of data in numeric form. It tends to involve relatively large-scale and representative sets of data
Research
Research is the systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of information and data and may involve a range of methods such as surveys, interviews and analysis of existing datasets.
Sample
A sample is obtained by collecting information about only some members of the population.
Sampling Frame
A sampling frame is created by listing all members of the population.
South West
The South West Government Office region is defined as the county and unitary authority areas of Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset, Torbay and Plymouth, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and (for Museums, Libraries and Archives only) the Channel Islands.
South West Intelligence Database
South West ID is an expanding on-line library of information about South West England. It has been set up by the South West Observatory to help promote the use of evidence in the region's policy making, and is also a resource for business, schools, students and the general public. It contains both narrative and numerical data.
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