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Acknowledgements
Research Data MANTRA is an open educational resource maintained as part of the University of Edinburgh's Research Data Service. The original MANTRA project was funded by the Jisc Managing Research Data Programme, 2009-11.
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MANTRA course website |
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Web design and development : | Jackie Clark |
Banner images: | |
backlit buddha by .ash on Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashclements/62704073/. | |
Tibetan Hevajra mandala by Wonderlane on Flickr (CC-BY when downloaded 22/09/2011). |
Content creators |
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Co-creators: | Robin Rice, Dr Cuna Ekmekcioglu and Stuart Macdonald |
Lead Editor: | Dr Bob Sanders |
A YouTube playlist for each unit is available on the Data Library channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/maltsvid Credits within learning units |
Research data in context - credits | |
Author | Dr Bob Sanders |
Images | Pg. 2. 'School of Architecture' image by University of
Edinburgh (Copyright of the University of Edinburgh, reuse with the permission of Communications and Marketing) |
Pg. 4. 'Data slide' by bionicteaching on Flickr (CC-BY-NC
2.0), https://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/2920562020/ |
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Pg. 15. 'Mutation Rate' by Conor Lawless on Flickr (CC-BY
2.0), https://www.flickr.com/photos/conchur/348071400 |
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Pg. 17. 'Big Data' image by BBVAtech (CC-BY 2.0), https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7979558647_e413ea9b86_z_d.jpg |
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Pg. 19. 'Data Science' image, created for MANTRA course by project team (CC-BY). |
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Pg. 21. 'Academic Registry' image by Paul Dodds, (Copyright of the University of Edinburgh, reuse with the permission of Communications and Marketing) |
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Videos | Pg. 6. 'Primary data versus secondary data' featuring Prof
John MacInnes, created for MANTRA by project team (CC-BY). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lonzDwYsQ |
Pg. 8. 'Limitations of secondary data' featuring Prof John
MacInnes, created for MANTRA by project team (CC-BY). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlQMVV7VJtA |
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Pg. 10. 'Challenges in working with spatial data' featuring
Ellie Bates, created for MANTRA by project team (CC-BY). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJrlS4fMNY |
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Pg. 20. 'What is Machine Learning?' by OxfordSparks (CC-BY).
Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_uwKZIAeM0 |
Data management planning - credits | |
Author | Dr Cuna Ekmekcioglu |
Images | Pg. 7. 'Research data lifecycle' image created for MANTRA by project team (CC-BY). |
Pg. 13. 'Data processing black box' image from Williams et
al. (2017) "Clinical code set engineering for reusing EHR data for research: A review", DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2017.04.010 Image reproduced and modified under a CC-BY license. |
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Videos | Pg. 2. 'Research in 3 Minutes: Research Data Management' by
Cambridge University (CC-BY). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xwC7R9Km1c |
Pg. 4. 'Data management planning' clip featuring Robin Rice, created by the Research Data Service, University of Edinburgh (CC-BY). Part of 'How making a Data Management Plan can help you', full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQNp7w2Ty0M |
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Pg. 8. 'University of Edinburgh Research Data Service' created by the Research Data Service, University of Edinburgh (CC-BY). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuaAVum9mZk |
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Pg. 16. 'Data management planing tools' clip featuring Dr
Niamh Moore, created by the Research Data Service, University of Edinburgh (CC-BY). Part of 'How making a Data Management Plan can help you', full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQNp7w2Ty0M |
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Pg. 20. 'DMPonline and research support services' clip
featuring Lis, created by the Research Data Service, University of Edinburgh (CC-BY). Part of 'How making a Data Management Plan can help you', full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQNp7w2Ty0M |
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Other | Pg. 18. Data Management Plan Checklist, based on Digital Curation Centre (DCC) DMP Checklist (PDF, 75.7KB), http://www.dcc.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/resource/DMP_Checklist_2013.pdf |
Organising data - credits | |
Author | Dr Bob Sanders and Jennifer Daub |
Images | Pg. 5. 'Removing paper files from box' by WD Store on Flickr
(CC-BY 2.0), https://www.flickr.com/photos/152864051@N02/36478098435/ |
Pg. 10. Standoff Laser Spectroscopy System image by Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Flickr (CC-BY 2.0), https://www.flickr.com/photos/oakridgelab/4387619052/ |
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Pg. 13. 'African scientists working as a team' by Excelz on
Wikimedia (CC-SA 4.0), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_group_of_African_scientists_working_as_a_team.jpg/ |
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Pg. 14. 'Versioning PhD thesis files' image, created for MANTRA by project team (CC-BY). | |
Pg. 17. 'SPSS syntax' image, created for MANTRA by project team (CC-BY). | |
Videos | Pg. 3. 'Good file management in research' featuring Prof.
Jeff Haywood, created for MANTRA course by project team (CC-BY). Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jcOJOFUZg/ |
Pg. 9. 'Writing your DMP' featuring Prof Dave Anderson. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ysxiAGKC8/ |
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Pg. 21. 'RSpace intro' by ResearchSpace. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlgSiZHze70/ |
Preparing your data for archiving - credits | |
Author | Sarah Thomson, Pauline Ward and Bob Sanders |
Images | Pg. 2. 'Damaged library books' image from wikimedia commons
(CC BY-SA) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Books_in_public_library_damaged_in_2019_Sangli_flood.jpg |
Pg. 10. 'Virtual reality' image by the European Space Agency
(ESA) on wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reality_check_ESA384313.jpg |
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Pg. 11. 'Dodo reconstruction' image by ballista from
wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodo_1.JPG |
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Pg. 13. 'Compression artifacts' image by Bautsch from
wikimedia commons (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Compression.artifacts.jpg |
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Pg. 14. 'File formats' image by Jorgen Stamp, copyright of www.digitalbevaring.dk (CC-BY 2.5 Denmark) from wikimedia commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bevaringsmetoder_DigitalBevaring.png |
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Pg. 21. 'Data dictionary' image by Ethacke1 from wikimedia
commons (CC BY-SA). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Data_Dictionary.png |
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Pg. 22. 'Lab notebook' image by Katherine Stember from
wikimedia commons (CC-BY 4.0). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lab_Notebook.jpg |
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Pg. 26. 'CoreTrustSeal logo' image from https://www.coretrustseal.org/ |
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Pg. 28. 'Edinburgh DataShare, open data repository' image
from https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/ |
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Videos | Pg. 4. 'Benefits of sharing your data' clip, created by the Research Data Service, University of Edinburgh (CC-BY). Part of 'Vox Pop Research Data Management and Sharing', full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVqImna7cU |
Pg. 16. 'The importance of documenting data' clip, featuring
Dr Bert Remijsen created by the Research Data Service, University of Edinburgh (CC-BY). Part of 'Case study: Dr Bert Remijsen', full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQFWZV8g3jU |
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Pg. 29. 'Archiving research data' clip, featuring Dr Bert
Remijsen created by the Research Data Service, University of Edinburgh (CC-BY). Part of 'Archiving Your Data - Research Data Service users and staff', full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK1Tp0dvahU |
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Other | Pg. 24. 'Five steps to decide what data to keep: a checklist
for appraising research data v.1'. (2014). Edinburgh: Digital
Curation Centre. Available online: https://www.dcc.ac.uk/guidance/how-guides/five-steps-decide-what-data-keep |
Keeping research data safe - credits | |
Author | Dr Cuna Ekmekcioglu and Dr Bob Sanders |
Images | Pg. 2. 'Archive' by Pexels on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/archive-boxes-shelf-folders-1850170/ (Pixabay image license: No attribution required). |
Pg. 5. 'Network drives' by MANTRA team (CC-BY 4.0). | |
Pg. 7. 'Cloud storage' by MANTRA team (CC-BY 4.0). | |
Pg. 8. 'Portable storage' by MANTRA team (CC BY 4.0). | |
Pg. 15. 'Password strength' by XKCD (CC BY-NC 2.5). https://xkcd.com/936/ |
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Pg. 24. 'VPN' by kreatikar on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/illustrations/vpn-server-router-virtual-firewall-3406770/ (Pixabay image license: No attribution required). |
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Videos | Pg. 4. 'Simply Storage: Security' by LSI Storage, Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylkg7-JOYX8 Included without changes according to the YouTube terms of use. |
Pg. 10. 'True PhD Horror: Hard Drive Failure' by Dr Lucy
Kissick (The PhDiaries), Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6FWWMttBrc. Included without changes according to the YouTube terms of use. |
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Pg. 11. 'Backing Up Data' featuring Prof Richard Rodger, created for MANTRA course by project team (CC-BY 4.0). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX-XNo8KbOo. |
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Pg. 17. 'What to consider when dealing with sensitive data
encryption' featuring Ellie Bates, created for MANTRA course by project team (CC-BY 4.0). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbJiCIerzys. |
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Pg. 20. 'Encrypt a portable drive with BitLocker' by UK DATA
SERVICE (CC-BY), Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Iosu-Yfsw. |
Protecting sensitive data - credits | |
Author | Dr Bob Sanders |
Images | Pg. 2. 'Right and wrong way sign' by Tumisu on pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/ethics-right-wrong-ethical-moral-2991600/. (Pixabay image license: Free for commercial use; No attribution required) |
Pg. 5. 'GDPR Data Protection Principles', created for MANTRA by project team (CC-BY). |
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Pg. 8. 'Consent checkbox and pen' image by Catkin on
pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/consent-ankreuzen-english-check-off-2052052/. (Pixabay image license: Free for commercial use; No attribution required). |
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Pg. 12. 'Privacy by design' created for MANTRA by project
team (CC-BY), incorporating 'Smartphone security' image by BiljaST on pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/cyber-security-smartphone-cell-phone-2765707/. (Pixabay image license: Free for commercial use; No attribution required). |
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Videos | Pg. 9. 'Written consent' featuring Prof Lynn Jamieson, created for MANTRA course by project team (CC-BY). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0tRSQx-cfQ |
Pg. 17. 'Sharing data from research participants' by Library
Research Support (University of Bristol). Used following YouTube standard terms of use. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFNznhqrpIs |
FAIR sharing and access - credits | |
Author | Dr Bob Sanders and Robin Rice |
Images | Pg. 2. 'EnZmap with legend’ image by Marc Metzger
(DataShare, CC BY 4.0). Available at https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2356 |
Pg. 4. 'Benefits of data sharing' image by Ubiquity Press
(CC BY). From https://www.ubiquitypress.com/ |
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Pg. 7. '2020 Coronavirus cases by date of report' image by
Phoenix7777 (wikimedia, CC SA). Available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2020_coronavirus_cases_by_date_of_report.svg |
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Pg. 8. 'Open licence buttons for websites' image by Open
Knowledge Foundation (CC BY). Available at http://opendefinition.org/buttons/ |
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Pg. 9. 'CC licenses' image by MANTRA team, based on content
by Creative Commons (CC BY) Available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
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Pg. 13. 'GoFAIR logo' image by GoFAIR (CC BY). Available at https://www.go-fair.org/ |
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Pg. 15. 'Edinburgh DataShare open data repository' image by
MANTRA team (CC BY). Includes detail from 'Europe's natural treasures - an illustrated ecosystem services map' by Metzger et al. (2018). (CC BY). Available at https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2320 |
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Videos | Pg. 3. 'Data Sharing, Part 1 of 3 - Request' by New York
University Health Sciences Libraries, (CC BY) Used following YouTube standard terms of use. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVZbk3GEVSw |
Pg. 5. 'Making research data available' clip featuring Dr
Marc Metzger, created by the Research Data Service, University of Edinburgh (CC BY). Part of 'Case study: Dr Marc Metzger (Climate science)'. Full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjcbS3XwSTY |
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Pg. 14. 'APA explains: data sharing' by American
Psychological Association (CC BY). Used following YouTube standard terms of use. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-KlMPG_MhQ |
Data handling tutorial creators
Credits | |
Editors: | Robin Rice (lead), Anne Donnelly, Stuart Macdonald, Laine Ruus, Rocio von Jungenfeld, Pauline Ward |
Authors: | SPSS Practical: Laine Ruus, Data Library. Loosely based on previous version by Joan Corbett, Scottish Centre for Social Research |
R Practical: Dr Duncan Smallman | |
ArcGIS Practical: James Crone, EDINA | |
NVIVO Practical: Dr Aikaterini Chatsiou, UK Data Archive |