1st Edition

The Data Book Collection and Management of Research Data

By Meredith Zozus Copyright 2017
354 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

354 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

354 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

The Data Book: Collection and Management of Research Data is the first practical book written for researchers and research team members covering how to collect and manage data for research. The book covers basic types of data and fundamentals of how data grow, move and change over time. Focusing on pre-publication data collection and handling, the text illustrates use of these key concepts to... Read more


Collecting and Managing Research Data



Defining Data and Information



Deciding, Defining, and Documenting Data to be Collected



Data Management Planning



Fundamental Dynamic Aspects of Data



Data Observation and Recording



Good Data Recording Practices Applicable to Man and Machine



Getting Data Into Electronic Format



Data Structures



Data Processing



Designing and Documenting Data Flow and Workflow



Selecting Software for Collecting and Managing Data



The Data Management Quality System



Calculating Time and Cost for Data Collection and Processing



Research Data Security



Data Ownership, Stewardship, and Sharing



Data Archival



Glossary





 



 

Biography

Meredith Zozus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has spent more than two decades managing data for research and studying methodology for doing so. She has worked in data management for life sciences, engineering, and biomedical research. She received her undergraduate and master’s degrees in Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University, led data management operations at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, and later Clinical Research Informatics at the Duke Translational Medicine Institute. Dr. Zozus received her PhD in Health Informatics at the University of Texas at Houston School of Biomedical Informatics.