Tutorials on Data Management
Lesson Topics
Learning Objectives
The Data Life Cycle
What is a Data Management Plan?
Why Prepare a DMP? (1)
Components of a General DMP
1. Information About Data & Data Format
2. Metadata Content & Format
3. Policies for Access, Sharing, Reuse
4. Long-term Storage & Data Management
5. Budget
Tools for Creating Data Management Plans
NSF DMP Requirements
NSF DMP Requirements
Data in Real Life: A DMP Example
Data in Real Life: A DMP Example
Resources

Data in Real Life: A DMP Example
1. Information about data
  Every two days, we will subsample E. affinis populations growing at our treatment conditions. We will use a microscope to identify the stage and sex of the subsampled individuals. We will document the information first in a laboratory notebook, then copy the data into an Excel spreadsheet. For quality control, values will be entered separately by two different people to ensure accuracy. The Excel spreadsheet will be saved as a comma-separated value (.csv) file daily and backed up to a server. After all data are collected, the Excel spreadsheet will be saved as a .csv file and imported into the program R for statistical analysis. Strasser will be responsible for all data management during and after data collection.
  Our short-term data storage plan, which will be used during the experiment, will be to save copies of 1) the .txt metadata file and 2) the Excel spreadsheet as .csv files to an external drive, and to take the external drive off site nightly. We will use the Subversion version control system to update our data and metadata files daily on the University of Alberta Mathematics Department server. We will also have the laboratory notebook as a hard copy backup.