CREATE & MANAGE DATA

TRAINING RESOURCES

FORMATTING YOUR DATA

OVERVIEW

Using standard and interchangeable or open lossless data formats ensures long-term usability of data. High quality data are well organised, structured, named and versioned and the authenticity of master files identified.

AREAS OF COVERAGE

  • File formats
  • Data conversions
  • Organising files and folders
  • Quality assurance
  • Version control and authenticity
  • Transcription

RESOURCES AVAILABLE

  • PowerPoint presentation on 'Formatting your data - data quality control, formats, software, versioning, organising and naming'
  • PowerPoint presentation on 'Formatting your data - Qualitative data transcription'
  • Exercise 1: File naming
  • Exercise 1 Answers: File naming
  • Exercise 2 Presenter's Guide: Qualitative data transcription
  • Exercise 2a: Qualitative data transcription, Ph.D. study on ageing
  • Exercise 2a Answers: Qualitative data transcription, Ph.D. study on ageing
  • Exercise 2b: Qualitative data transcription, Ph.D. study on bulimia
  • UK Data Archive model transcript
  • Quiz: Formatting your data
  • Quiz Answers: Formatting your data

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A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE  

1 of 10: We provide continuous access to the UK’s largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences
2 of 10: We hold thousands of data collections for social science research and teaching, quantitative and qualitative
3 of 10: Each of our data collections has a unique persistent identifier (DOI) that makes it easier to find and cite
4 of 10: We hold the only copy of many of the UK's large national surveys charting social research back decades
5 of 10: We are an established national archive at the forefront of managing, preserving, sharing and delivering data
6 of 10: We are certified to ISO 27001, the information security standard, and helped develop the Data Seal of Approval
7 of 10: We are a collaborative organisation supporting emerging and existing creators and users of data
8 of 10: We provide best practice guidance and training in managing and sharing research data
9 of 10: You won’t be able to find your family records on our site. You should visit a genealogical site instead
10 of 10: We don’t provide ready-made statistics, but using Nesstar you can view frequencies from popular surveys
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