Planning research data

What is research data?

Research data are 'data that are generated during scientific activity (e.g. through measurements, surveys, source work), on the basis of which scientific work can be carried out (e.g. digital copies) or document the result of scientific work [...].' forschungsdaten.info 

Research data are, for example

• Sources: Texts, images, audio recordings, films/videos
• Observations: Real-time data, examination data
• Experiments: Laboratory values, spectrograms
• Simulations: Simulation measurements, model measurements
• References: Collection of previously published data sets
• Methodological test procedures, such as questionnaires, software or simulations