Data Management Essentials

Successfully managing your data throughout a research project facilitates collaboration and helps ensures its preservation for future use.
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Description

Data management is the process of handling, organizing, documenting, and preserving data used in a project/research. It helps your research outcomes be transparent, maximizing your work’s practical use and value. This lesson provides an overview of all the meaningful steps in a research project and dives into{< fa check >}} how to plan for successful data management.

{< fa check >}} Prerequisites

None

Learning Goal

• Understand the importance and benefits of data management
• Apply the Data Life Cycle steps to organize and plan a research project
• Describe the major components of data management plans
• Know about metadata main guidelines
• Become familiar with data repositories, what they are and how they work

Duration

1 hour