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Fall Town Hall On Research Data Management, Megan Hurst, Christine Madsen, Kristi Thompson Oct 2023

Fall Town Hall On Research Data Management, Megan Hurst, Christine Madsen, Kristi Thompson

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This Town Hall was held to share recommendations for Research Data Management at Western that result from a gap analysis to understand the RDM needs at Western, conducted by Athenaeum21, a strategy and technology consultancy engaged by Western for this work. The recommendations will inform the implementation of Western’s Research Data Management Strategy, which shapes Research Data Management at Western for all researchers, grant funded or not, student or faculty, regardless of discipline.


Safe Sharing For Sensitive Data, Kristi Thompson Dec 2022

Safe Sharing For Sensitive Data, Kristi Thompson

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This workshop focused on the question of when and how human subjects' data can be safely shared. It introduced the basics of data anonymization and discussed how to tell if a dataset has been de-identified. Case studies of successful anonymization and some spectacular failures were shared


Getting Started Analyzing Data In Spss, Kristi Thompson Nov 2022

Getting Started Analyzing Data In Spss, Kristi Thompson

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SPSS is a popular package for analyzing data. This session will discuss how to get started on a simple quantitative analysis project using SPSS. Topics covered will include getting summary statistics, creating and modifying variables, creating graphs, running simple analyses, and interpreting SPSS output.