29,687 responses from 852 respondents to 36 items.
| Description | Motivation for working on open-source software |
|---|---|
| Reference | Mair, P., Hofmann, E., Gruber, K., Zeileis, A., & Hornik, K. (2015) Motivation, values, and work design as drivers of participation in the R open source Project for Statistical Computing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(48), 14788-14792. |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1506047112 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Source data | https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MPsychoR/index.html |
| Responses | 29,687 |
|---|---|
| Respondents | 852 |
| Items | 36 |
| Response categories | 2 |
| Responses per respondent | 34.844 |
| Responses per item | 824.639 |
| Density | 0.968 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Adult (18+) |
|---|---|
| sample | Internet-based, Targeted/specific |
| construct type | Cognitive/educational |
| measurement tool | Survey/questionnaire |
| item format | Likert Scale/selected response |
| primary language(s) | eng |
| construct name | Motivational structure of R package authors |
This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.
| Instrument | Motivation for working on open-source software |
|---|---|
| Mean words per item | 8.639 |
| Mean characters per item | 46.722 |
| Mean characters per response | 6.500 |
| Flesch-Kincaid grade level | 6.510 |
iditemresp
Or load it directly in R or Python:
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("mpsycho_Rmotivation")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("mpsycho_Rmotivation")
| IRW version | v393 |
|---|---|
| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse v53.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/4g08-xt41 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v53.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v23.0 |