Importance of RDM
Pre-course work
Estimated time: 60-70 minutes
At the end of this module you should be able to:
- Recognize the importance of research data management
- Explain why RDM is relevant for reproducibility and re-use of data
- Watch the Presentation on ‘Why is RDM important’?
- Read (Markowetz 2015): Five selfish reasons to work reproducibly OR Watch the presentation (50 min)
- Watch the exact instruction challenge video.
Why care about RDM?
Why should you be aware of your Research Data Management?
Reflect about what you heard on the video and bring your thoughts and your horror stories to our session.
You can also:
listen to the Data Horror Song or the Zheng Lab - Bad Project video for some inspiration!
Selfish reasons to work reproducibly
Read : (Markowetz 2015) Five selfish reasons to work reproducibly OR Watch the presentation (50 min)
Why care about documentation?
It is important to document your data so that it remains understandable/usable for yourself and also for others. Terminology, methods and steps that you take in an analysis may be obvious to you, but not for your team members/supervisor.
Watch the Exact Instructions Challenge video (7 min) to see what happens when your documentation is insufficient!