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MethodBox is an innovative platform designed to connect researchers with relevant data, methods, and peers. With over 1550 unique visits from May 2011 to June 2012, it caters to more than 125 users, allowing for the management of 30 methods/scripts and 450 data files. Discover relationships between datasets, build and download manageable selections, and publish your own methods. Engage with a community of researchers, share resources, and form collaborative groups to enhance your research experience.
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www.methodbox.org Unique visits: 1550+ May 2011 to June 2012 Hosting: 125+ Users 220+ Subsets 60+ Methods/Scripts Serving: 30+ Data Series 150+ Data Sets 450+ Data files What’s in the Box ? • Data • Discover – find out which other datasets might be relevant to your research • Subset – build, persist and download manageable selections of variables from many sources • Learn – compare variables and save your searches MethodBox: connecting data, methods and people • Methods • Publish and sharemethods and scripts • Link your resources to build your ‘Research Object’ • http://bit.ly/research-objects • People • Connect with other researchers, collaborate and form research groups • Share your resources with other users or groups • Make private notes and public comments, let others know what you like/think • A ‘Facebook’ for research • Use Cases • Finding the data for research into the link between height and cancer http://bit.ly/height-cancer • Estimaton of disabilities in UK regions http://bit.ly/l-l-t-i