Monthly Archives: January 2012

Let’s Keep the Virtuous Circle Going

One way to under­stand the con­cept of the “Data Life Cycle” is to real­ize that there is a vir­tu­ous cir­cle going between data and research find­ings: new data beget new find­ings and the new find­ings, new data col­lec­tion, all the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Firm Data User Support for the Fragile Families Study

For nearly 15 years now, researchers at Prince­ton and Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ties have been col­lect­ing data from 20 cities on the lifestyles, health, and well­be­ing of unmar­ried par­ents and their chil­dren. This ongo­ing project, known as the Frag­ile Fam­i­lies and Child … Con­tinue read­ing

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