STAT 2984 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Data Dictionary, Digital Object Identifier
29 Mar 2018
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Make it easy to reuse the data and make it available for extra research. Document everything (for yourself and for others). (cid:498)your biggest collaborator in research is yourself six months ago, but they don"t answer email. (cid:499) Assign a unique number, index, or reference to a dataset (i. e. digital. Describe and document the dataset as completely as possible (metadata). Possibly include a data dictionary, readme (title, creator, file inventory, software and hardware requirements for reuse), headers, methods, etc. (document everything). Connect the metadata to the dataset, and ensure the data is indexed. Break large datasets into smaller pieces that can be easily downloaded. Openly share as much as you again (but remember not all data can be shared). Make a readme organize the documentation. documentation or script files essentially anything that goes along. Open standards: a common language, openly released to the public, or. Write a helper script to help others reassemble your dataset.
