Online data management guidance and resources for researchers, developed by the UK Data Service. This resource provides best practice guidance and advice, including examples, exercises, tools and templates. The focus is on the social sciences and research with human participants. Particular areas covered are:
- Data management planning
- Legal and ethical aspects of managing and sharing data
- IP Rights
- Documenting data
- Formatting data
- Storing data
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| Cite the data | Citing a dataset correctly is just as important as citing articles, books, images and websites - each dataset is a source of evidence to support our argument. This resource includes videos, presentations and top ten tips for citing data. These can be used by trainers to teach and highlight the importance of data citation. |
Training Discovery Toolkit |
| Consent for data sharing resources | Detailed guidance for researchers, with model consent form and example consent forms, on how to consider future reuse of research data as part of consent procedures with research participants. To make sure that research data, in particular qualitative data, can be made available for future reuse, it is important that consent for future reuse of the data by other researchers is sought from participants. Participants should be informed how research data will be stored, preserved and used in the long-term, and how confidentiality can be protected when needed. Guidance considers written and verbal consent, the timing of consent, examples consent forms and wording to use, etc. |
Training Discovery Toolkit |
| Data management training exercises | Set of hands-on exercises that can be used for data management and sharing training, developed from real-case datasets and scenarios. |
Training Discovery Toolkit |
| Data management videos | Youtube playlist of online video tutorials demonstrating practical data management aspects such as writing a data management plan, encrypting data files, backing up data, etc. |
Training Discovery Toolkit |
| Dissertation Guide | Guide designed to be used as a resource for encouraging better data management and research integrity in undergraduate dissertations, and is aimed at RDM trainers and teachers supervising research projects and students undertaking them. The resource consists of a number of practical templates and exemplars, and a link to the slides for teaching is also included. These can be adapted and modified to suit various project needs and different disciplines. |
Training Discovery Toolkit |
| Qualibank | QualiBank is an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service. |
Training Discovery Toolkit |
| UKDS training workshops, events and webinars | Training workshops, webinars and events on various data managemnet topics organised by the UK Data Service. Slides of all events are made available on the past events pages. Recordings of webinars are made available on the UKDS YouTube channel. All can be used for training activities. |
Training Discovery Toolkit |
| Webinar recordings | Youtube playlist of past webinars organised by the UK Data Service. Topics include:
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Training Discovery Toolkit |