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Our toolkit has been developed to complement the ACU Research Data Management Policy, providing guidance for ACU researchers on the management of research data and the development of research data management plans.
From the start of your research project you need to plan how your data will be managed - both during and afterwards.
How you manage your data files may impact how the data can be analysed, stored or used during the project and in the future.
Not only can you publish an article about your research, you can also publish your supporting data.
Practices described in the toolkit are informed by the:
Research data management covers the planning, collection, organising managing, storage, security, backing up, preserving and sharing of your data.
Effective research data management throughout the research process ensures:
Effective data management begins before the commencement of a project, in the proposal planning and writing stage and should continue through to project start-up, data collection, analysis and sharing and following the end of the project.
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