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Research Data Management

Open educational resource to guide you in the research data management of your thesis.

The guidance provided by this resource applies to undergraduate and graduate students, and is especially aimed at Master's level students. Doctoral researchers and researchers have their own instructions, , and training.

SECTIONS

  • Read carefully all the sections in this resource.
  • For each section, consider how the topic relates to your own research data.

Introduction to Research Data Management for students

Make data management a part of your research planning, and consider good scientific practices from the perspective of data management. Take into account ethical, practical, and legal issues.

Description and quality of data

Start by introducing your research data and learning about practices for ensuring the quality of data.

Rights and copyright

Familiarise yourself with the usage and copyright issues related to research data.

Personal data

Do you process personal data? Learn about responsible handling of personal data and find out how to inform and protect your research subjects.

Social media data

Are you studying social media? Find out what kind of data protection, contract law, and copyright issues may be associated with social media materials.

Documentation and metadata

Document your data management and describe your data with metadata.

Data security

Store and handle your research data securely.

Opening or destroying data

Consider in advance whether you will destroy your research data or whether the data could be opened and published or archived.

Data management plan for students

Download and fill in the Data Management Plan for students.

Please note that while this resource includes guidance on processing personal data, official guidance on the matter is the responsibility of the university Data Protection Officer. See Data privacy at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥. However, this educational resource is regularly updated so that it is consistent with the university's instructions.

You can utilise this resource for self-study, or you can enrol in the course LIBEDATA Introduction to Research Data Management (1 ect).

1) If you want to take the course LIBEDATA

  • Sign up in Sisu.
  • You will be automatically added to the course Moodle site. 
  • Please read further instructions from the course site in Moodle.
  • Note! Download the Data Management Plan (DMP) form from Moodle, not this site.

2) If you want to study independently

  • Learn about the basics of research data management by carefully studying this educational resource.
  • Download and fill in the Data Management Plan (DMP) for students. 
  • You will find the DMP in the last section of this resource.

Reuse and citing

License:

  • This open educational resource is CC-licensed:
  • Videos on this site have separate copyright statements.

How to cite:

  • Open Science Centre (2021), Research Data Management. Jyväskylä: Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥. Online resource. (Retrieved: dd.mm.yyyy)