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Data Management Strategy for Research Files

Patrick Bowen November 30, 2012

File management structure

Recognize need, design experiment

Perform experiment

Digital acquisition?

Yes

Record in data file

Perform digital analysis (modeling, etc.)

No Save analysis in digital format Manual input Discussion/ Compilation/ Publication

Record in notebook

Data table in notebook

Notebook management structure

Document complete analysis in notebook

Ex. Categorical Separators (For Bioabsorbable Matls) Captured Images Compositional Data Calculations Documents Senior Design Files Tensile Data Literature (For Rehydroxylation) Experiment. Data & Analysis Funding and Presentations Literature MATLAB Development Reports and Manuscripts

Project

Categorical Separation

Sub-Categorical Separation

Event or Experiment

Data File

File management structure

Bioabsorbable Stents

Captured Images

Optical

Mg Explant Series, 04-2012

Mg 5 day explant, stitched.jpg

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