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ONLINE DATA BROWSING

You can browse some of our data online using a variety of tools, without the need for specialist software. All work using standard web browsers and the data are free to explore for most users.

UK Data Service Nesstar Catalogue

Using Nesstar you can explore a range of social survey data - view variable frequencies and question text, and conduct simple online tabulations and graphs. You can also download data and subsets of data
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Qualidata Online allows you to search and browse a small number of qualitative data collections comprising in-depth interview transcripts from classic British social studies conducted in 60s, 70s and 80s
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Through histpop you can access the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937, holding a wealth of text and statistics providing an in-depth view of the economy, society and medicine
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DATA LIFECYCLE  

CREATING DATA: designing, planning consent, collection and management, capturing and creating metadata
PROCESSING DATA:  entering, transcribing, checking & validating, anonymising and describing
ANALYSING DATA: interpreting, deriving, producing outputs & publishing, preparing for sharing
PRESERVING DATA: migrating, backing-up, storing, creating metadata and documentation, archiving
ACCESS TO DATA: distributing, sharing, controlling access, promoting
RE-USING DATA: for follow-ups, new research, research reviews, scrutinising, teaching & learning

Most of our data are free to use. You need to register to access data
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