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Andrew G Miller1, David Lipscomb2, Chi Hornik3
1Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and Respiratory Care Services, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Andrew.g.miller@duke.edu.
Abstract:
Research studies generate data in various forms. Data can be quantitative or qualitative. Research involving human subjects requires protection of data to ensure privacy. Various regulations and local policies need to be followed to ensure data security. Data management plans are critical for effective data stewardship and include details plan on data collection, management, storage, and formatting. This paper will review data collection tools, data security strategies, file management, data storage, government regulations, prepping data for analysis, reference management, and file management.
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