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| R7b_16. When you are doing research, how do you
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| Dissertations ? |
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Base |
Faculty Member |
Graduate Student |
Faculty / Graduate Student |
Under Graduate Student |
Public |
Private |
Liberal Arts |
Biological Sciences |
Physical Sciences |
Social Sciences |
Arts and Humanities |
Engineering |
Business |
Law |
Undecided Major |
Male |
Female |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
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| Base - Use Dissertations for
research |
290 |
140 |
150 |
290 |
0** |
133 |
121* |
37* |
36* |
68* |
100* |
49* |
15* |
20** |
2** |
0* |
193 |
97* |
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| ONLINE |
218 |
105 |
113 |
218 |
0 |
99 |
88 |
32 |
25 |
45 |
83 |
40 |
10 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
141 |
77 |
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75.2 |
75 |
75.4 |
75.2 |
0 |
74.4 |
72.8 |
86.1 |
68.3 |
66.2 |
83 |
81.8 |
66.7 |
68.2 |
90.9 |
0 |
73.2 |
79.1 |
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IL |
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| Online databases |
66 |
24 |
42 |
66 |
0 |
35 |
23 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
30 |
16 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
35 |
31 |
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22.8 |
17.1 |
28.2 |
22.8 |
0 |
26.7 |
19.1 |
21.2 |
22 |
13.2 |
30.2 |
31.8 |
7.8 |
9.1 |
27.3 |
0 |
18.4 |
31.6 |
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IL |
IL |
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P |
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| Online library catalogues and finding aids |
44 |
14 |
30 |
44 |
0 |
21 |
15 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
13 |
13 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
21 |
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15.2 |
10.3 |
19.6 |
15.2 |
0 |
16.1 |
12.2 |
21.7 |
12.2 |
10.3 |
13.2 |
27.3 |
7.8 |
22.7 |
9.1 |
0 |
11.9 |
21.6 |
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IL |
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| Search engine |
35 |
18 |
18 |
35 |
0 |
16 |
15 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
11 |
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12.2 |
12.8 |
11.7 |
12.2 |
0 |
11.9 |
12 |
14.1 |
12.2 |
17.6 |
9.4 |
6.8 |
7.8 |
22.7 |
27.3 |
0 |
12.9 |
10.9 |
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| Web directory/subject related web site |
34 |
24 |
10 |
34 |
0 |
9 |
19 |
6 |
3 |
15 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
4 |
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11.7 |
17.1 |
6.6 |
11.7 |
0 |
6.6 |
15.9 |
16.1 |
7.3 |
22.1 |
7.5 |
6.8 |
15.7 |
13.6 |
9.1 |
0 |
15.4 |
4.1 |
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B |
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E |
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JK |
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Q |
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| Online abstracting and indexing services |
33 |
24 |
9 |
33 |
0 |
9 |
17 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
5 |
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11.4 |
17.1 |
6.2 |
11.4 |
0 |
6.5 |
13.7 |
21.9 |
14.6 |
8.8 |
9.4 |
20.5 |
7.8 |
4.5 |
18.2 |
0 |
14.5 |
5.3 |
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B |
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Q |
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| Your own institution's web site |
27 |
11 |
16 |
27 |
0 |
13 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
9 |
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9.4 |
7.9 |
10.7 |
9.4 |
0 |
10 |
7.5 |
13.3 |
7.3 |
5.9 |
11.3 |
11.4 |
17.6 |
4.5 |
9.1 |
0 |
9.5 |
9.3 |
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| Internet searches |
20 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
0 |
12 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
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7.3 |
6.7 |
7 |
0 |
8.7 |
7.2 |
0 |
14.6 |
8.8 |
5.7 |
2.3 |
13.7 |
0 |
9.1 |
0 |
9 |
2.9 |
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K |
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K |
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| Online reference service |
8 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
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2.6 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
0 |
2.8 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
5.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.9 |
3.9 |
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| Department web page |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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1.2 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
0 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
5.1 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
0 |
3.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
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E |
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K |
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| Your own personal electronic library/files |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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1.1 |
2.3 |
0 |
1.1 |
0 |
1 |
1.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
0 |
0 |
9.1 |
0 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
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| Online bookstore |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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0.6 |
1.3 |
0 |
0.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.1 |
0 |
0 |
1.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| E-mail listservs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT |
115 |
74 |
41 |
115 |
0 |
45 |
52 |
17 |
16 |
27 |
32 |
25 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
88 |
26 |
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39.5 |
52.6 |
27.3 |
39.5 |
0 |
34.1 |
42.9 |
47.7 |
43.9 |
39.7 |
32.1 |
50 |
41.2 |
40.9 |
36.4 |
0 |
45.6 |
27.3 |
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B |
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Q |
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| Campus library |
72 |
46 |
26 |
72 |
0 |
26 |
35 |
11 |
10 |
19 |
21 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
18 |
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24.9 |
32.7 |
17.6 |
24.9 |
0 |
19.4 |
29.1 |
30.8 |
26.8 |
27.9 |
20.8 |
27.3 |
29.4 |
22.7 |
18.2 |
0 |
28.2 |
18.3 |
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B |
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| References cited in books or journal
articles |
28 |
18 |
9 |
28 |
0 |
10 |
14 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
7 |
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9.6 |
13.1 |
6.3 |
9.6 |
0 |
7.3 |
11.4 |
11.7 |
4.9 |
7.4 |
9.4 |
18.2 |
3.9 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
0 |
10.7 |
7.2 |
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| Printed abstracting and indexing services |
16 |
9 |
7 |
16 |
0 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
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5.5 |
6.1 |
4.9 |
5.5 |
0 |
8 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
9.8 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
9.1 |
2 |
4.5 |
0 |
0 |
6.3 |
4 |
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| Personal subscriptions to newspapers,
magazines and journals |
10 |
9 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
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3.3 |
6.5 |
0.3 |
3.3 |
0 |
1.2 |
4.3 |
7.5 |
4.9 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
3.9 |
0 |
9.1 |
0 |
3 |
3.7 |
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B |
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| Another library |
9 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
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3 |
5.2 |
0.9 |
3 |
0 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
7.9 |
2.4 |
4.4 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
3.9 |
4.5 |
9.1 |
0 |
3.9 |
1 |
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| Printed library catalogues and finding aids |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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1.2 |
0 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
0 |
1 |
1.8 |
0 |
0 |
2.9 |
0 |
2.3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
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| Your own personal physical
library/files/bookshelves |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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0.8 |
1.7 |
0 |
0.8 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
5.1 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9.1 |
0 |
1.2 |
0 |
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EF |
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| Physical bookstore |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| PERSONAL ASSISTANCE |
80 |
41 |
39 |
80 |
0 |
39 |
29 |
12 |
9 |
22 |
28 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
57 |
23 |
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27.5 |
29.4 |
25.7 |
27.5 |
0 |
29.7 |
23.8 |
31.7 |
24.4 |
32.4 |
28.3 |
18.2 |
37.3 |
27.3 |
36.4 |
0 |
29.5 |
23.5 |
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K |
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| Colleagues inside your institution |
50 |
21 |
29 |
50 |
0 |
28 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
16 |
17 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
34 |
16 |
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17.2 |
15 |
19.3 |
17.2 |
0 |
21 |
16.5 |
5.9 |
9.8 |
23.5 |
17 |
13.6 |
23.5 |
13.6 |
27.3 |
0 |
17.5 |
16.6 |
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| A librarian in your institution |
35 |
22 |
13 |
35 |
0 |
12 |
15 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
9 |
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12 |
15.5 |
8.7 |
12 |
0 |
8.7 |
12.1 |
23.3 |
17.1 |
10.3 |
13.2 |
9.1 |
11.8 |
9.1 |
18.2 |
0 |
13.4 |
9.1 |
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E |
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| Colleagues outside your institution |
19 |
14 |
4 |
19 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
3 |
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6.5 |
10.4 |
2.9 |
6.5 |
0 |
7.2 |
3.9 |
12.8 |
9.8 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
11.4 |
7.8 |
9.1 |
0 |
0 |
8.4 |
2.8 |
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B |
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| Professional meetings |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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1.5 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
0 |
3 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
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| Another institution's librarian |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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0.7 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
2.4 |
0 |
0 |
2.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
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| Online (unspecified) |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
0 |
1.4 |
0 |
5.1 |
0 |
0 |
3.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.9 |
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F |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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0.3 |
0.6 |
0 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
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| Personal Office/Lab |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
0 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
0 |
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| E-journals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
0.2 |
0 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
0 |
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| Other |
27 |
19 |
8 |
27 |
0 |
6 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
7 |
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9.3 |
13.9 |
5.1 |
9.3 |
0 |
4.4 |
12.7 |
16.1 |
7.3 |
13.2 |
3.8 |
11.4 |
11.8 |
18.2 |
27.3 |
0 |
10.4 |
7.1 |
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B |
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E |
E |
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| DK/Refused |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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0.4 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.7 |
0 |
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| None/No preferences |
12 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
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4 |
0 |
7.8 |
4 |
0 |
8.8 |
0 |
0 |
2.4 |
7.4 |
5.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9.1 |
0 |
1.1 |
9.9 |
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F |
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