Managing and Sharing Research Data
A Guide to Good Practice
- Louise Corti - UK Data Archive, University of Essex, UK
- Veerle Van den Eynden - University of Essex, UK
- Libby Bishop - University of Essex, UK
- Matthew Woollard - University of Essex, UK
Research Methods for Economics | Social Research Methods | Sociological Research Methods
Written by experts at the UK Data Archive, with over thirty years of experience in working with and teaching people to work with data, this book is the globally-reaching guide for any postgraduate student or researcher looking to build their data management skills.
Focused on both primary and secondary data and packed with checklists and templates, it contains everything readers need to know for managing all types data before, during, and after the research process. Building on foundational data management techniques, it offers practical advice and insight into the unique skills needed to work with newer forms of data, like social media and big data.
It also demonstrates how to:
- Identify quality data that is credible, ethically-sound, and available for use
- Choose and collect data suitable for particular research questions and project scopes
- Work with personal, communal, administrative, and other sensitive and public data
- Make the most of metadata
- Visualise and share data using innovative platforms like blogs, infographics, and podcasts.
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The book covers several concerns that are essential for research data management. I already prepared two talks on the topic, one for a broader audience of BSc and high-school students and another for an audience of software engineering researchers. The book has helped me to identify several tasks in data management that are useful for creating and sharing research artifacts. Many of them have been used to design a guideline set for research artifacts in a subarea of software engineering (https://mdeartifacts.github.io/). This book is an excellent resource for educating students and researchers on how to create sustainable research artifacts.
Excellent text for supporting students through the research process.
Well written and comprehensive. Nevertheless, the topic is not really in the focus of this course. Therefore added to the reading list
