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MethodBoxData, Methods, People
Shoaib SufiManchester University
02 July 2012
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Homepage• Web 2.0• Find Data• Upload
Methods• Link• Share• Collaborate
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How MethodBox fits in
UK Data Archive(UKDA)
MethodBox
Economic and Social Data Service(ESDS)
Survey Curation
Survey Mapping
diagram not to scale
Survey Navigation
Survey Commissioning & Collection
etc…
Impr
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socialSave in systemVariable results ✓
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Research Cycle
DataAnalysisModels
Results
Research Questions
Research Questions
Publications, Reports or Decisions
Resources Methods
Context
Conclusions
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Data
•Discover – find out which other datasets might be relevant to your research
•Subset – build, save and download manageable selections of variables from many sources
•Learn – compare variables and save your searches
•Upload – your own data
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Example National Dataset Health Surveys for England
• Available from the ESDS• Large-scale (participants * variables)
– 16000 * 1800• Annual survey since 1991• Potential for greater use• Key barrier:– Not knowing it might be of interest– extracting a research-ready subset of data
• MethodBox– Makes searching and extracting data from the ESDS
straightforward– Supports data format standards.
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Examples: HSE 2006
13 pages208 pages
Variable DefinitionsVariable CategoriesVariable SPSS code
Questionnaire Instructions
224 pages
Questions usedTo set variables
148 pages
Survey Description
9 pagesVariable Value
Domains 351 pages46 MB data files
Data and Variable Codebook
X 19 All HSE
@1800 Variables
Shopping for variables from across different years of survey collections…
Look at variable information in one place
Subset your data as data extracts
Browsing for data extractsmade by a social networkof data archive users…
Case study: Andrew Renehan Clinical Senior Lecturer/Honorary
Consultant, Christie Hospital NHS Trustwww.methodbox.org
Upload & Share Datawww.methodbox.org
Methods
•Publish and share – methods and scripts
•Link – e.g. your data subsets with method scripts; help you remember what you did
•Any file type – supported as a Method or Script, e.g: – Stata, R, SPSS for syntax– .doc, .txt, .pdf for explaining your algorithm
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Methods
Linking• When making a
subset or uploading a script
• View your links • View links made
by others
Smoking example
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Case study: Alan Marshall Research Associate, The Cathie Marsh Centre for
Census and Survey Research, Manchester
• PhD and continuing work.• Developed a methodology for the local
estimation/projections of limiting long term illness and disability in UK districts
• Explored place on impact of retirement on health
• Projections 2001 to 2031
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More information at http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/docs/smallareaestimation.pdf
/data_extracts/364Raw HSE 2001
data
/data_extracts/365Raw HSE 2002
data
/scripts/70Prepare HSE 2001
data
/scripts/69Prepare HSE 2000
data
/data_extracts/414Prepared HSE
2000 data
/data_extracts/415Prepared HSE
2001 Data/scripts/71
Merge HSE Data and add columns
/data_extracts/413Merged HSE Data
/data_extracts/412Census Data
/scripts/72Merge HSE &
Census
/data_extracts/411Merged HSE & Census Data
/scripts/73Add Regression
factors
/scripts/76/scripts/75
Regression Factors
/scripts/74Estimate
disability for district
Method DataWorkflow
Linking methods, data and people
People
•Connect - with other researchers, collaborate and form research groups
•Share - your resources with other users or groups
•Review - Make private notes and public comments, let others know what you like/think
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Facilitating a social networkof data archive users…
…toward a reward environmentfor sharing data, methods,and expertise
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Sharing and attribution
• Private• Group• Public
• Credit
Private notes and Public comments
Resources can be ‘Liked’
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Sustainability
• Developed and sustained by the myGrid team CS@Manchester University - funded until 2014 with more funding sought
• Production Server, Production services:– Exclusive dedicated hardware (16 CPU cores, 24
GB Ram, 4 TB disk)– service monitoring and automated backup
• Partnership with UKDA
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A Resource for National and International Infrastructurewww.methodbox.org
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National e-Infrastructure for Social Simulation
Resource
Access
Your Data, Your Methods
Share Retain
MethodBox now Open • Serving:– 30+ Data Series– 150+ Data Sets– 450+ Data files
• Hosting:– 125+ Users– 220+ Subsets– 60+ Methods/Scripts
• Unique visits:– 1550+ May 2011 to June 2012
Register now at www.methodbox.org
Take Home MessagePhD Students/Researchers• Find the data for your
research• Supports your data
preparation• Remember what you did• Connect with others• Promote your work
Supervisors/Collaborators• Have material in one place
for training/learning purposes
• Remember what happened after the PhD student/collaboration
• Credit recorded for any derived work
Demo: Thursday 5th July, ESRC Stand in JCR 12:45pm
Data Providers: publish data, improve/increase use, social sharing
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Vanessa Higgins
Rob Haines
Caroline Jay
Sam Smith
Sarah King-Hele
Current, alumni & associated
Questions
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