Requesting Assistance with Data Management
To outline the process and policies governing use of UI College of Nursing Data Management Support.
Scope of use by UI College of Nursing. The CON Data Manager provides support to the CON faculty and postdoctoral fellows as they conduct specific research projects. Type of assistance. The Data Manager provides the following type of support: developing plans for data entry and management; designing and developing new databases or working with existing databases; cleaning, managing, and preparing data files for statistical analysis; assisting the CON Statistician with statistical analysis; and preparing tabular and graphical summaries of study results. The Data Manager can also train research staff on how to develop databases and to moderate focus groups. The CON Statistician and the CON Data Manager often work together with faculty on their research projects. Engagement. For projects requiring ongoing data support, such as supervision of ongoing data collection or research tool administration, investigators are expected to seek external funding to support the hiring of project-specific staff and/or to provide partial salary support for the Data Manager. Procedure for requesting an appointment (UI CON). CON faculty and postdoctoral fellows are asked to complete the CON Statistical and Data Management Services Request Form available here: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6yhweZvBpKk7P8M Human Subjects Protection. If the data that will be shared with the Data Manager are identifiable, the PI is responsible for submitting a modification to add the Data Manager to the IRB application as a research team member. Access to Data. The PI may need to provide the Data Manager with access to the folder on the shared drive where the electronic files for the research project are stored. Prioritization of Projects. To ensure that the Data Manager can be maximally effective, projects may be prioritized according to their time-sensitive nature and also their likelihood of being completed quickly. Typically, grant proposals receive the highest priority, followed by work related to funded grants and, finally, unfunded research (i.e., no funding or expired funding). Acknowledgement of work. The ONR policy recommends that faculty who enlist the services of the Data Manager include at least an acknowledgement of the Data Manager by name. Acknowledgement is recommended by the Uniform Requirements of the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE; http://www.icmje.org/ethical_1author.html). Please also consider whether the Data Manager’s involvement meets the University of Iowa’s requirements for authorship summarized here http://www.uiowa.edu/~our/opmanual/ii/27.htm#2710 Specifically, Data Managers may have a legitimate claim to authorship by making: (a) Significant intellectual contribution to a project through conception and design, or data collection and analysis, or interpretation; and (b) Ability to identify their own contribution, and ideally the contributions of each participating author, and defend the major aspects of the project presented in the publication, although not necessarily all the technical details. - UI Operations Manual 27.10 |