Summer & Winter Research Program - Library research and data skills

Is your data managed well? Is it backed up? Secure? Easy to find? 

Whether you are collecting your own data or working with existing datasets, you will leave this training with strategies to help you manage research data effectively.  We will share real-life case studies and cover the basics of data management planning, to help you manage your current project data.

The training has been divided into two sessions:

• Your research data and how to manage it
• Document your research data.

In this session, we look at:

• the definition of research data
• the importance of research data
• principles and best practice of managing your research while you are conducting the research project. 
• essential elements of data management planning
• how to address them in your data management documentation.

Watch Your research data and how to manage it (YouTube, 8m12s).

Check your understanding by taking our short quiz.

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In this session, we take you through an example of conducting a quantitative research project using the 'Document your research data' module. The module shows a detailed step by step approach on how to organise your research documentation and folders, to ensure transparent and reproducible quantitative research. The module is derived from the Tier Protocol.

These steps include:

• pre-data phase
• data work phase
• wrap-up phase.

Start the Document your research data module

Check your understanding by taking our short quiz.

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