One additional piece of info (which I myself just learned!). Dataverse
is currently equipped to generate URFs for SPSS and stata data files
(.dta, .spss, .por). If you're saving your data as .Rdata or .csv or
.txt, then you might not get a UNF, in which case you should include
in the cite the unique URL only.
As always, let me know if you run into problems!
M
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Maya Sen <msen at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
Hi all,
This has come up a few times today, so I thought I'd clarify --
Even if you are prevented by your original author from uploading or
distributing the data, you should still create a replication file and
upload what you can (including the R code that you used). You should
also get and report the UNF and cite it in your paper. Here's an
example:
Gary King; Langche Zeng, 2006, "Replication Data Set for 'When Can
History be Our Guide? The Pitfalls of Counterfactual Inference'"
hdl:1902.1/DXRXCFAWPK ?UNF:3:DaYlT6QSX9r0D50ye+tXpA== Murray Research
Archive [distributor]
I've closely monitoring people's submissions to dataverse, and I don't
want to release any replication archives that don't have data files,
abstracts, and R code. If you are in a position where you can't upload
data, but you have the other components, let me know and I will
release your study.
Maya