PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Miller, Andrew G AU - Lipscomb, David AU - Hornik, Chi TI - An Overview of Data Management in Human Subjects Research AID - 10.4187/respcare.11578 DP - 2024 Feb 01 TA - Respiratory Care PG - 256--262 VI - 69 IP - 2 4099 - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/69/2/256.short 4100 - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/69/2/256.full AB - Research studies generate data in various forms. Data can be quantitative or qualitative. Research involving human subjects requires protection of data to ensure privacy. Various regulations and local policies need to be followed to ensure data security. Data management plans are critical for effective data stewardship and include details plan on data collection, management, storage, and formatting. This paper will review data collection tools, data security strategies, file management, data storage, government regulations, prepping data for analysis, reference management, and file management.