This README.txt file was generated on 20200905 by James Wynn ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset:E-thos Project: Climate Change 2. Author Information First Author Contact Information Name:James Wynn Institution:Carnegie Mellon University Address:5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 15213 Email: jwynn@andrew.cmu.edu Phone Number:(412) 268-9765 --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- Directory of Files: A. Filename: E-thos_Project_Climate_Change_Coding_Manual_Wynn.docx Short description:This Word file includes the codes used for analysis in the E-thos Project as well as the training exercises for determining coder reliability and the instructions for extracting and formatting plain text (.txt) files for analysis. B. Filename: E-thos_Project_Climate_Change_Metadata_Key_Wynn.docx Short description:This Word file contains the key to the numeric codes used in the qualitative metadata files for oral and prepared testimonies. C. Filename: E-thos_Project__Climate_Change_Metadata_Quantitative_Prepared_Wynn.csv Short description:This .csv file contains quantitative data and metadata on the prepared (written) testimonies given by scientists in front of Congress from 1985-2018. D. Filename: E-thos_Project__Climate_Change_Metadata_Quantitative_Oral_Wynn.csv Short description:This .csv file contains the quantitative metadata and data for all of the oral testimonies in the data set. E. Filename: E-thos_Project__Climate_Change_Metadata_Qualitative_Wynn.csv Short description:This .csv file contains the qualitative metadata for all of the scientific testimonies in the E-thos project data set. F. Filename: E-thos_Project__Climate_Change_Analysis_Results_Wyn.csv Short description:This .csv file contains the qualitative data gathered for this project, sentences in the testimonies that include appeals to expertise. G. Filename:.txt Files of Climate Change Testimonies by Scientists (1985-2013) Short description:This is a corpus of plain text files of testimonies by scientists made in front of Congress between 1985-2013. File Naming Convention: yearoftestimony_houseofcongressandorderoftestimonyinagivenyear_subjectoftestimony_witnesslastname_typeofwitness_oralorprepared. Further details: A. Name: House of Congress Description: S = Senate, HR = House of Representatives B. Name: Subject of Testimony Description: CC = Climate Change C. Name: Type of Witness Description: See "Metadata Key" in the repository for codes D. Name: Type of Testimony Description: O = Oral, P = Prepared ----------------------------------------- DATA DESCRIPTION FOR: Quantitative Data and Metadata for Prepared Testimonies ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables:25 2. Number of cases/rows:248 3. Missing data codes: PSAT: Percentage of sentences with appeals to expertise per testimony Codes for Columns S-AE can be found in the "Ethos Project Coding Manual File" 4. Variable List A. Name: Gender Description: 1 = Yes 0 = No B. Name: Appeals to Expertise Description: 1 = Yes 0 = No C. Name: House of Congress (House/Senate_ Description: 1 = Yes 0 = No D. Name: Committee Description: See "Metadata Key" in the repository for codes E. Name: Subcommittee Description: See "Metadata Key" in the repository for codes F. Name: Columns S-AD Description: See "E-thos Project Coding Manual" in the repository for codes ----------------------------------------- DATA DESCRIPTION FOR: Quantitative Data and Metadata for Oral Testimonies ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables:25 2. Number of cases/rows:265 3. Missing data codes: PSAT: Percentage of sentences with appeals to expertise per testimony Codes for Columns S-AE can be found in the "Ethos Project Coding Manual File" 4. Variable List A. Name: Gender Description: 1 = Yes 0 = No B. Name: Appeals to Expertise Description: 1 = Yes 0 = No C. Name: House of Congress (House/Senate_ Description: 1 = Yes 0 = No D. Name: Committee Description: See "Metadata Key" in the repository for codes E. Name: Subcommittee Description: See "Metadata Key" in the repository for codes F. Name: Columns S-AD Description: See "E-thos Project Coding Manual" in the repository for codes ----------------------------------------- DATA DESCRIPTION FOR: Qualitative Metadata ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables:8 2. Number of cases/rows:415 3. Missing data codes: N/A 4. Variable List A. Name: Wittness Type Description: See "Metadata Key" in the repository for codes ----------------------------------------- DATA DESCRIPTION FOR: Qualitative Metadata ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables:6 2. Number of cases:415 3. Missing data codes: N/A 4. Variable List A. Name: Wittness Type Description: See "Metadata Key" in the repository for codes A. Name: Type of Appeal Description: See "Metadata Key" in the repository for codes -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Software-specific information: Name: Microsoft Excel Version: 2016 System Requirements: Windows or macOS Open Source? (Y/N): N Name: Microsoft Word Version: 2016 System Requirements: Windows or macOS Open Source? (Y/N): N 2. Equipment-specific information: Manufacturer:Lenovo Model:ThinkPad, Yoga 12 3. Date of data collection: 20161201 - 20190801