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What are research data?

The nature of research data can vary across disciplines. As a result, defining research data can be challenging. Deakin broadly defines research data as:

All data collected, observed, or created by researchers in the course of their work, for the purposes of analysis to produce original research results.

The following sites provide additional definitions for research data:

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