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Polymorph is a service used for converting SPSS and STATA files to CSV files for long term storage in open standards. Polymorph licensing is unclear yet (tool was developed to answer FORS needs). Also, the tool is still under development and is now accessible as a service in a website.

DeVisu provides a detailed view of datasets' variables. All questions, answers' categories (with codes and labels) and answers' distribution (number of cases and percentages) are available. DeVisu provides thus a nice complement of SWISSUbase for secondary users. For each dataset described in DeV...

Tool to save questionnaire (questions database) and to create survey. However, this is not currently used by the archive, but by the survey teams.

The FORS replication service allows the Swiss social science research community to share the materials needed for the replication of analyses of journal article publications. It is a free service run by the data service of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), which comple...

SWISSUbase is usedat FORS to acquire and disseminate data. It includes a reserach projects and data catalogue for data users. Data depositors can deposit their data using FORSbase. Contacts and contracts with data users and data depositors are also treated within SWISSUbase. SWISSUbase has repla...

Pre-registration and registered reports are increasingly advocated to improve the credibility and rigor of empirical research. Pre-registration and more strongly registered reports are expected to reduce reporting and publication bias because they request researchers to define a detailed research...

This document provides points of reference for researchers seeking to manage their data in the most ethical way possible in the era of open research data. Through a presentation of binding and non-binding regulatory frameworks, it addresses some points to be taken into account in order to make da...

This guide helps drafting a data management plan (DMP) from the perspective of the social sciences. Drawing on the model developed by the Swiss National Science Foundation, it provides recommendations and tips on how to address the main topics of the DMP so that it fulfils the funder’s requiremen...

Drawing on the Swiss context, this Guide illustrates key considerations in crafting a coherent anonymization strategy that is compliant with legal requirements and ethical norms. It shows how to strike the right balance between anonymization and other data protection measures, namely informed con...

The trend toward and the obligation for sharing and long-term preservation of research data is in conflict with increasingly restrictive data protection legislation and practices on personal data in Europe, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Qualitative research data, in parti...