MIDAS Common metadata model and data harmonisation approach

In a previous blog post, we introduced the data ingestion methodology for individual datasets, and shortly introduced datasets description with the ISAACUS GSIM-based metadata model to facilitate the identification of harmonisable attributes and the subsequent harmonisation of the datasets. In this blog post we describe more in detail the adopted common metadata model and data harmonisation approach. Read more...

Internet Mediated Research: Ethics and Consent in the Digital Age

Traditional research in the behavioural sciences has involved the recruitment of members of the public to participate, face to face (or at least via telephone), in experiments, surveys, or interviews which are designed to inform our understanding of a range of individual, social and cognitive phenomena. Read more...

The Unbearable Lightness of Visualisations

Metadata – the key to unlocking data utility