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Research Data and Reproducibility

Your guide to research data services at OHSU.

Welcome

This guide is designed to help researchers, students, and research staff adopt best practices for research data management and enhance the reproducibility of their work. It outlines key principles for organizing, documenting, storing, and sharing data responsibly across the research lifecycle. The guide also provides tools, templates, and resources to support efficient data management and foster transparent, reproducible research.

What do we mean by research data?

Research data are the materials collected or created during research that are needed to support, confirm, or reproduce the findings. These can include numbers, text, images, audio, video, software code, or even physical samples.

Examples of research data:

  • Survey responses and interview transcripts
  • Experimental results or lab measurements
  • Images, audio files, or video recordings
  • Computer code or software used in analysis
  • Metadata or documentation that explains the data

Take a look at your funder's policies for more detailed information about their definitions of research data.