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In the behavioral sciences today, there is increasing emphasis on transparency, and the need for research studies to be made replicable. This book presents a straightforward approach to managing and documenting one's data so that other researchers can repeat the study.

While data management may seem intimidating to new researchers, this book shows how easy it can (and should!) be. The first chapter presents a basic structure of folders and subfolders for organizing data files, and then each subsequent chapter delves into details for a specific folder. Step by step, readers learn to label and archive different kinds of project documents and data files, including original, processed, and working data. Readers also learn to write command codes showing exactly how the original data are analyzed. Examples illustrate how to document the most common types of research (an online survey, a paper questionnaire, and a multiple-trial experiment).

Since major research funders now require recipients to meet strict standards for data handling, this book will foster a vital career skill for students and promote transparency and replicability of research.

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• Series Foreword(p. ix)
• Preface(p. xi)
• Chapter 1 Introduction(p. 3)
• Chapter 2 Your Project Files(p. 15)
• Chapter 3 Your Data Files(p. 23)
• Chapter 4 Your Command Files(p. 33)
• Chapter 5 Your Replication Documentation(p. 65)
• Appendix A Source Data and Metadata(p. 75)
• Appendix B Working With "Tall" Data Files(p. 77)
• Appendix C Data Entry(p. 83)
• Appendix D Labeling and Renaming Many Variables Efficiently(p. 87)
• Appendix E Importing Data Files(p. 89)
• Appendix F Merging Data Files(p. 91)
• Appendix G Estimating Missing Values(p. 93)
• References(p. 99)
• Index(p. 101)
• About the Author(p. 105)
• About the Series Editor(p. 107)

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CHOICE Review

Data management is an essential skill for researchers: it is an important step toward replication, and required for many funding opportunities. Although this topic can be dry and somewhat esoteric, this excellent book decodes it. Berenson (psychology, Gettysburg College) is succinct and approachable, providing context and helpful examples without being prescriptive. The preface reveals that students vetted this book prior to its publication, and this fact shows in the best possible way. Readers will find guidance on organizing their research data, including project, data, and command files. The book also touches briefly on cleaning data and ethical concerns, including confidentiality. One chapter, "Your Command Files," is specific to SPSS but could be generalized to other statistical software packages. This chapter provides detailed directions, including figures; the cost of such specificity, as with any technical guidance, is that some details will quickly become outdated. This is the latest addition to the American Psychological Association's Concise Guides to Conducting Behavioral, Health, and Social Science Research series. Previous titles in the series include Designing and Proposing Your Research Project (CH, Apr'18, 55-3039) and Writing Your Psychology Research Paper (CH, May'18, 55-3419). Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students. --Lauren Stern, SUNY Cortland

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Kathy R. Berenson, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at Gettysburg College and a clinical psychologist who conducts research focused on cognitive/affective and interpersonal factors in psychological difficulties. She has many years of experience managing data for large, grant-funded studies and mentoring undergraduate research in the fields of personality and psychopathology.