<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #330066"><div>Have you looked through the excellent collection of materials at ICPSR? <br></div><div><a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/datamanagement/index.html">http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/datamanagement/index.html</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>They provide examples with their DMP training: <br></div><div>http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/datamanagement/dmp/framework.html</div><div><br></div><div>Another fantastic resource is the work from UCLA: <br></div><div><a href="http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/stats_packages/stata/text2stata.htm#dictionary">http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/stats_packages/stata/text2stata.htm#dictionary</a> <br></div><div>And I stumbled on to this example: <br></div><div><a href="http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/data/Pages/public-use-data.aspx">http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/data/Pages/public-use-data.aspx</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>You can even get some useful information & samples from wikipedia <br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dictionary">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dictionary</a> (be sure to check the wikimedia site for useful handouts: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Data_Dictionary.png">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Data_Dictionary.png</a> )<br></div><div><br></div><div>After that, it might make a difference whether these are largely collaborative projects or smaller, independent research projects. <br><br></div><div>For the data dictionary; most commercial software will spit one out for any dataset. </div><div><br></div><div href="http://www.stata.com/manuals13/dinfilefixedformat.pdf"> On the other hand, Stata uses the term "dictionary" to refer to reading <em>in</em> data in specific formats (note, you can use the "outfile" command to do the reverse.) <a href="http://www.stata.com/manuals13/dinfilefixedformat.pdf" data-mce-href="http://www.stata.com/manuals13/dinfilefixedformat.pdf">http://www.stata.com/manuals13/dinfilefixedformat.pdf</a> </div><div href="http://www.stata.com/manuals13/dinfilefixedformat.pdf">(I think that Princeton did a nicer job of describing a dictionary here: <a href="http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/stats_packages/stata/text2stata.htm#dictionary"><a href="http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/stats_packages/stata/text2stata.htm#dictionary ">http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/stats_packages/stata/text2stata.htm#dictionary </a>)</a> <br></div><div href="http://www.stata.com/manuals13/dinfilefixedformat.pdf">and <br>SPSS under IBM has changed the language from "data dictionary" to "copy data properties" (.. which I didn't know until I started looking for sample code for you.)<br></div><div href="http://www.stata.com/manuals13/dinfilefixedformat.pdf"><a href="http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLVMB_21.0.0/com.ibm.spss.statistics.help/idh_idd_cdpstart.htm">http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLVMB_21.0.0/com.ibm.spss.statistics.help/idh_idd_cdpstart.htm</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe I'm not answering the question you're asking, but I hope this helps. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Paula<br></div><div><span name="x"></span><div style="text-align: left; "><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">__________________________________________________________________________________<br></span></div><div><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://go.carleton.edu/e6">Paula Lackie</a> - Academic Technology, Curricular & Research Data Support - Carleton College - Northfield, MN USA </span></div><div><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://go.carleton.edu/e15">Check my calendar</a> or <a href="https://moodle.carleton.edu/go/meetwithpaula" data-mce-href="https://moodle.carleton.edu/go/meetwithpaula">Sign-up for office hours</a> or come to a <a data-mce-href="https://apps.carleton.edu/calendar/?start_date=2015-09-30&event_id=1320035&date=2015-09-30" href="https://apps.carleton.edu/calendar/?start_date=2015-09-30&event_id=1320035&date=2015-09-30" target="_blank">Data Services drop-in</a> ~ For curricular questions send mail to <b>at @carleton.edu</b></span></div><span name="x"></span><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Kathryn Houk" <kathryn.houk@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>rdap@mail.asis.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, March 24, 2016 4:51:56 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Rdap] Open Data Set for Teaching?<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hello list,<div><br></div><div>I was wondering if any of you know of any excellently organized and described open data sets with detailed read me files, OR if you know of any researchers who have created a data management manual/read me file and is willing to share it.</div><div><br></div><div>I have been getting questions in introductory data management presentations about what a data dictionary and read me file would look like and it'd be nice to be able to show an example.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Kathryn Houk</div><div><br></div><div>Health & Life Sciences Librarian</div><div>San Diego State University</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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