According to Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [ICPSR (2017)], an effective data management plan should include thirteen ( data description, access & sharing, metadata, intellectual property rights, ethics & privacy, format, archiving & preservation, storage & backup, security, responsibility, existing data, selection & retention periods, and audience) components. These components can be utilized as template “in assembling data management plans to accompany grant applications” (ICPSR, 2017, Framework for Creating a Data Management Plan section, para. 1).
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