Information to Gather Before Uploading Your Data

In this form, you can provide the metadata for your project. All information entered here will be searchable within LDbase and on the web. Not all fields are required, but it will help other users find your project if you fill out everything. The more details your project has, the better it adheres to the FAIR principles of data management and stewardship.

Project Name (required): Name of project

Project Description (required): Provide a brief description of your study, including project goals, methods, general participant information, and design.

Project Investigator(s) (required): Enter the full names of the investigators who should get credit for this project and be part of the citation. This may or may not include named personnel on funded grants, but likely includes those who contributed significantly to the project. Add investigators in the order appropriate for citing this project.

Project Organization(s): Please list the unabbreviated name of each organization/institution affiliated with this project.

Project Dates: Select the period during which the project was active. You can add multiple ranges if the project had a hiatus.

Educational Environment: Select descriptors of the education environment that apply to the project. You can add terms by typing directly in the field, if the term is not listed yet. View all Educational Environments

Educational Curricula: Select the educational curricula that were used in the project. You can add curricula by typing directly in the field, if it is not listed yet. View all Educational Curricula

Project Method(s): Enter descriptors that apply to the research methodologies used in the project. You can add terms by typing directly in the field, if the term is not listed yet.. View all Project Methods

Developmental Design: Select the data collection method(s) that most closely matches your design. You can add terms by typing directly in the field, if the term is not listed yet. View all Developmental Designs

Project Website: Enter a URL that links to a website for your project. Make sure to include the protocol for the URL, (i.e., https://)

Project Logo: Upload your project logo here.

Funding Agency & Grant Number: Enter the name of the agency that funded the project and add the grant number, if applicable.

Project DOI: A digital object identifier provides a persistent link to a specific research output and makes it a citable product. A different DOI can be assigned to each of your research outputs, such as a project, dataset, published manuscript, survey, or conference presentation. Other researchers will be able to easily find your specific output through its DOI. If you already have a DOI for your project, enter it here. If you don’t have a DOI yet, you will be provided the option to generate one when submitting this form.

In this form, you can provide the metadata for your dataset. All information entered here will be searchable within LDbase and on the web, even if you decide not to share the actual data. Not all fields are required, but it will help other users find your dataset if you fill out everything. The more details your dataset has, the better it adheres to the FAIR principles of data management and stewardship.

Upload Dataset or Link to an external source (required): If you are storing your data on LDbase, select upload and follow the steps. If your data are already stored online, select URL and provide the online location information.

Dataset Name (required): Make sure the name helps other users understand the content of the dataset.

Dataset Description (required): Provide a brief description of the type of variables, general participant information, special characteristics of the data (e.g., longitudinal, long or wide).

Dataset Contributor(s) (required): Enter the full names of the people who should get credit for this dataset and be part of the citation. This may or may not include named personnel on funded grants, but likely includes those who contributed significantly to the data set. Dataset contributors can be different from project investigators.

Organization(s) Affiliated to the Dataset: Please list the unabbreviated name of each organization/institution affiliated with this dataset.

Location of Data Collection: Indicate where the data were collected. 

Participants: Please describe the participants contributing data to this dataset. Each participant type can be added separately. View all Participant Types. School systems across the globe differ in grade designations. To ensure compatibility between data from different nations, we ask you to provide the age range of your participants instead of their grade.

Special Populations: Indicate if the participants who contributed to the data you are uploading here were sampled specifically because they have special characteristics. You can add a term by typing directly in the field, if it is not listed yet. View all Special Populations

Constructs In Your Data: What are the main constructs available in your data? This field will be very helpful to data users, so please be as inclusive as you can! You can select as many constructs as you wish and add terms by typing directly in the field, if the term is not listed yet. View all Constructs

Assessment(s) Used: Please select all the assessments you used in this project. You can add an assessment by typing directly in the field, if it is not listed yet. View all Assessments

Variable Types: Please select the types of variables in your data set. You can add a variable type by typing directly in the field, if it is not listed yet. View all Variable Types

Data Collection Location(s): Please indicate in what way these data were collected. You can add a location by typing directly in the field, if the method is not listed yet. View all Data Collection Locations

How many time points does this dataset have? Indicate if each participant contributed data at one time point or at multiple time points.

When were the data in this dataset collected? Indicate the period of data collection for each timepoint.

Are these data unique? (required): Indicate whether or not the data in this set are unique. If data were collected specifically for this project and are not stored in a slightly different form elsewhere, they can be considered unique. If these data combine data from other datasets, they are not unique. If the dataset is not unique, indicate where users can find the original data.

Would you like to add this data to LDbase's Integrated Dataset? If you wish to contribute your data to LDbase's Integrated Dataset, check this box and you will be contacted by an administrator on how to proceed.

License: Choose the license type for your dataset. We recommend the ODC-by license that will require everyone who uses your dataset to cite your data. If you opt to make your dataset public without a license, other users may use and reuse your data without citing you and your team. If you have a different license in mind, select the other option, and enter the type in the box.

Dataset DOI: A digital object identifier provides a persistent link to a specific research output and makes it a citable product. A different DOI can be assigned to each of your research outputs, such as a project, dataset, published manuscript, survey, or conference presentation. Other researchers will be able to easily find your specific output through its DOI. If you already have a DOI for your dataset, enter it here. If you don't have a DOI yet, you will be provided the option to generate one when submitting this form.

In this form, you can provide the metadata for any documents related to your project, data, or code. All information entered here will be searchable within LDbase and on the web, even if you decide not to share the actual documents. Not all fields are required, but it will help other users find your content if you fill out everything. You can upload journal articles, posters, presentations, assessment materials, experiment files, and many other materials related to your project.

Upload Document or Link to an external source (required): If you are storing your document on LDbase, select upload and follow the steps. If your document is already stored online, select URL and provide the online location information.

Document Name (required): Enter the name you want this document to be identified as. It is helpful to name include the type of material.

Document Type (required): Indicate what type of material you are uploading. View all Document Types

Document Description (required): Provide a brief description of what this document is. Include the type of material and some information about the content.

Document Author(s) (required): Enter the full names of the people who should get credit for these materials and be part of the citation. This may or may not include named personnel on funded grants, but likely includes those who put the materials together.

License: Choose the license type for your Document. There are many levels of Creative Commons (CC) licenses you can choose from. For full information about CC licenses, read about it in the Best Practices License Types page. If you opt to make your material public without a license, other users may use and reuse it without citing you and your team. If you have a license in mind that is not on the list, select the "Other" option and enter the type in the box.

Document DOI: A digital object identifier provides a persistent link to a specific research output and makes it a citable product. A different DOI can be assigned to each of your research outputs, such as a project, dataset, published manuscript, survey, or conference presentation. Other researchers will be able to easily find your specific output through its DOI. If you already have a DOI for your material, enter it here.

In this form, you can provide the metadata for your code. All information entered here will be searchable within LDbase and on the web, even if you decide not to share the actual code. Not all fields are required, but it will help other users find your code if you fill out everything. You can choose to upload input only or code with output.

Upload Code or Link to an external source (required):
If you are storing your code on LDbase, select upload and follow the steps. If your code is already stored online, select URL and provide the online location information.

Code Name (required): Enter the name you want your code to be identified as. It is helpful for other users if the name helps them understand the content and context of the code.

Code Type (required): Indicate the main function of this code. View all Code Types

Code Description (required): Provide a brief description of what is in this code. Include, for example if it’s needed to create transformed scores using data you have posted, or if it’s code that accompanies a published paper. Also include the program and version number of the program you used for this code.

Code Contributor(s) (required): Enter the full names of the people who should get credit for this code and be part of the citation. This may or may not include named personnel on funded grants, but likely includes those who put the code together. Code contributors can be different from project investigators and dataset investigators.

License: Choose the license type for your Code. There are many levels of Creative Commons (CC) licenses you can choose from. For full information about CC licenses, read about it in the Best Practices License Types page. If you opt to make your material public without a license, other users may use and reuse it without citing you and your team. If you have a license in mind that is not on the list, select the "Other" option and enter the type in the box.

Code DOI: A digital object identifier provides a persistent link to a specific research output and makes it a citable product. A different DOI can be assigned to each of your research outputs, such as a project, dataset, published manuscript, survey, or conference presentation. Other researchers will be able to easily find your specific output through its DOI. If you already have a DOI for your code, enter it here.