Development Research in Practice : The DIME Analytics Data Handbook

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- How to read this book -- The DIME Wiki: A complementary resource -- Standardizing data work -- Standardizing coding practices -- The team behind this book -- Looking ahead -- References -- Chapter 1 Conducting reproducible, transparent, and credible research -- Developing a credible research project -- Conducting research transparently -- Analyzing data reproducibly and preparing a reproducibility package -- Looking ahead -- References -- Chapter 2 Setting the stage for effective and efficient collaboration -- Preparing a collaborative work environment -- Organizing code and data for replicable research -- Preparing to handle confidential data ethically -- Looking ahead -- References -- Chapter 3 Establishing a measurement framework -- Documenting data needs -- Translating research design to data needs -- Creating research design variables by randomization -- Looking ahead -- References -- Chapter 4 Acquiring development data -- Acquiring data ethically and reproducibly -- Collecting high-quality data using electronic surveys -- Handling data securely -- Looking ahead -- References -- Chapter 5 Cleaning and processing research data -- Making data "tidy" -- Implementing data quality checks -- Processing confidential data -- Preparing data for analysis -- Looking ahead -- References -- Chapter 6 Constructing and analyzing research data -- Creating analysis data sets -- Writing analysis code -- Creating reproducible tables and graphs -- Increasing efficiency of analysis with dynamic documents -- Looking ahead -- References -- Chapter 7 Publishing reproducible research outputs -- Publishing research papers and reports -- Preparing research data for publication -- Publishing a reproducible research package -- Looking ahead -- References.