This information concerns the chapters of the Urban Vitality/Mensen in Beweging research manual. We have worked on them over the last year in close collaboration with PhD-students, (junior-) researchers and the AUAS Ethical Committee. We were inspired by the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, the anti-research waste movement and principles of open science. Most procedures described have not yet been formally approved by the respective faculties, although some stem from AUAS-policy. However, working along these lines increases quality, transparency and reproducibility of research (output) and decreases research waste. We may not cover the wide range and applications of practice-oriented research, but we think that most chapters hold true for all research disciplines. The manual is primarily intended for AUAS researchers and is focussed at the scientific quality process. Of course there are other forms of integrity and quality, such as financial (project) control and other project management activities, but these fall outside the scope of this manual.

  • Everything
  • Planning
  • Data collection
  • Processing
  • Finishing
  • Open science

Accompanying open science tools

Below a quick overview of and link to available tools. Items with an * indicate the manual chapters. Explanation of the abbreviations underneath the table.

Study phase Good research practice Open science Tools/notes
Planning Study protocol*
(S)AP*
DMP*		 Preregistration* OSF
DAG
DMPonline
NTR
Ensure privacy* DMPonline
HvA privacy tools
Informed consent
Ethical appraisal* ECO or METc
Informed consent
Data collection Data capturing FAIR Castor
Qualtrics
Audio
Video
Sensor
Apps
External
Reuse
Codebook

Logbook		 Share OSF
example
Ensure privacy* Pseudonomization
Key-file
HvA privacy tools
Processing & Analysing Qualitative FAIR: Interoperable format MAXQDA
Software development FAIR 5 recommendations
Github
Document workflow, syntax, processing Share OSF
R-notebook
Update / iterate over your plans. Version control OSF
DMPonline
Ensure privacy* HvA privacy tools
Output & Archiving Use reporting guidelines* Publish open access* Equator network
PURE
HvA library
Data package/archiving* FAIR FAIR-checklist
UvA/HvA Figshare
Informed consent
Non-digital archiving* FBSV and FG research archive
Ensure privacy* HvA privacy tools

Abbreviations. (S)AP=(Statistical)Analysis Plan; DMP=Data Management Plan; OSF=Open Science Framework; DAG=Directed Acyclic Graphs; NTR=Nederlands Trial Register; WMO=Wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek; ECO=Ethische Commissie Onderzoek HvA; METc=Medisch-ethische toetsingscommissie; FAIR=Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable; FBSV=Faculteit Bewegen, Sport en Voeding; FG=Faculteit Gezondheid