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#1 - What is Research Data?
#2 - Planning for Your Data Use
#3 - Finding & Collecting Data
#4 - Keeping Your Data Organized
#5 - Intellectual Property & Ethics
#6 - Storage, Backup, & Security
#7 - Documentation

 

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Review of Module #7

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Congratulations! You have completed the module Documentation. Take a few minutes to check your understanding of the information covered by answering the following questions. Once you've gone through each question, click on the "CHECK YOUR ANSWER" link to see how you did.
 

1.     Which of the following pieces of metadata should you include with your original data documentation?

     a - Who collected the data.

     b - A description of your analysis process.

     c - A basic description of the data.

     d - Both A and C.

 

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2.     Which of the following pieces of metadata should you include with your analysis data documentation?

     a - A basic description of the data.

     b - The steps you used for your analysis.

     c - Definitions of variables not used for your analysis.

     d - Both A and B.

 

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