Data purchase – guidelines for researchers
The UK Data Service has produced guidelines for researchers who are considering purchasing data for research.
These guidelines provide a set of generic guiding principles and questions to pose when planning data purchases. Prepared by the UK Data Service team, whose experts advise depositors and help researchers plan pathways to data access, the aim of these guidelines is to help researchers plan their data access requirements more effectively and to reduce the amount of time spent on legal and contractual issues. By following the guidelines, researchers will also ensure that they comply with the relevant research data policies and accountability, especially for ESRC-funded research.
The guidelines were initially developed to support the ESRC's Big Data Network Phase 2 Business and Local Government Data Research Centres, but they are now being released to the wider data research community for the benefit of all researchers.
