{"id":71,"date":"2025-10-12T02:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=71"},"modified":"2026-02-10T06:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:04:14","slug":"benefits-of-research-data-management","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/benefits-of-research-data-management\/","title":{"raw":"Benefits of Research Data Management","rendered":"Benefits of Research Data Management"},"content":{"raw":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/the-research-data-lifecycle\/\">Previous Lesson<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><img class=\"wp-image-690 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1162\" height=\"771\" \/><\/h4>\r\n<h4>Lesson 2 of 18<\/h4>\r\n<h3>Employing good RDM practices can help you improve organization and efficiency in data handling.<\/h3>\r\n<h2>Establishing and documenting these good RDM practices can make the following more efficient:<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Finding and organizing your files<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Tracking different versions of your data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Organizing and compiling information on your project (e.g., for reporting purposes)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reproducing your work<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Passing your work on to another researcher<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Communicating with other research team members or supervisors<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Training new staff<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Managing who has responsibilities for your data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sharing your data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Satisfying grant, journal, and research ethics board requirements<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nRDM can also support increased visibility and recognition for your work with data. You can plan for a data set to be preserved and made accessible (if appropriate) in a repository, and for that data to be citable. Data deposit can contribute to open scholarship by making data re-use possible, and it can also contribute to increased trust in research by making studies more replicable.\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/video-the-importance-of-having-a-plan-to-manage-research\/\">Next Lesson<\/a><\/h4>","rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/the-research-data-lifecycle\/\">Previous Lesson<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-690 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1162\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-1536x1019.png 1536w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-65x43.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-225x149.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-350x232.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1162px) 100vw, 1162px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Lesson 2 of 18<\/h4>\n<h3>Employing good RDM practices can help you improve organization and efficiency in data handling.<\/h3>\n<h2>Establishing and documenting these good RDM practices can make the following more efficient:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding and organizing your files<\/li>\n<li>Tracking different versions of your data<\/li>\n<li>Organizing and compiling information on your project (e.g., for reporting purposes)<\/li>\n<li>Reproducing your work<\/li>\n<li>Passing your work on to another researcher<\/li>\n<li>Communicating with other research team members or supervisors<\/li>\n<li>Training new staff<\/li>\n<li>Managing who has responsibilities for your data<\/li>\n<li>Sharing your data<\/li>\n<li>Satisfying grant, journal, and research ethics board requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RDM can also support increased visibility and recognition for your work with data. 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