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Why run a census in the middle of a pandemic?
David Martin, Deputy Director of the UK Data Service, introduces our blog series on the 2021/2022 UK censuses, with a pertinent discussion of ‘why now?’

What is the CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide & how can it help you?
This guide is designed by CESSDA European experts to help social science researchers make their research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). Consult the CESSDA Data Manage...

Make Your Research Data F.A.I.R [Video]
Through this video, researchers can learn how to make data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR), and how to assess the FAIRness of research data and which tools to use to make d...

A Day in the Life of a Data Archivist (1st part) [Video]
This video explains what a CESSDA data archivist is, what archivists do, and why their work is so important now and for the future. It also shows the whole data archiving process, from data deposit...

First steps towards data curation - A Day in the Life of a Data Archivist (2nd part) [Video]
This video Learn more about the path to publishing research data. CESSDA data archivists advise and support researchers throughout their research projects. The video explains some initial obstacle...

The new normal: Linear equating of different instruments
As an alternative to linear stretching, we look into the observed score equating approach in this post and the next. The easiest form of observed score equating is linear equating: a powerful appro...