CALIFORNIA COMPREHENSIVE DATA SYSTEM - USER SURVEY OF STATISTICAL OUTPUT - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 34518
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 41 pages
• Grant Number(s): 76-DF-09-0020
• Corporate Author: Criminal Justice Research Foundation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF 430 AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ANSWERED FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE DATA SYSTEM (CDS).

Abstract

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM IS GIVEN. STATISTICAL INFORMATION IS PRESENTED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CDS USERS AND SPECIAL REQUESTS, USERS' SATISFACTION WITH DATA SUPPLIED FROM CDS, AND STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN THE PRESENTATION OF CDS OUTPUT. ALSO PRESENTED ARE DATA ON WORKLOAD AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICING SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, AND USERS' DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR FUTURE INFORMATIONAL NEEDS.