Using the system
How to use the system with your member logon as a trained and trusted researcher.
Upon gaining access to the Service, researchers are provided with a secure filespace on the central server and access to analytical and office software, along with the data files for which they have received clearance.
This self-contained, secure 'home away from home' allows users to work in familiar analytical environments whilst ensuring the security of the data:
- researchers log into the system from their own JANET-connected computer, or for some datasets from a designated secure machine or safe room at their home institution
- researchers are presented with a familiar desktop, including their favourite statistical analysis tools (Stata, SPSS, SAS) for performing all their analyses, and office software
- researchers are encouraged to work collaboratively by the provision of collaborative project areas for sharing interim outputs and papers amongst approved project members dispersed across institutions
- researchers are allowed to bring in any data from the standard Economic and Social Data Service collection and, with appropriate vetting, their own data, to use alongside
- all data and working outputs stay on our secure central server - final outputs intended for publications can be removed only after careful vetting for statistical disclosure issues by our expert staff (and in some cases, data owners)
Your guide to using the Secure Data Service
This guide is for researchers using the system with their Member Logon.
Step-by-step instructions to initiate your first member logon session.
The common code that guides us in our everyday practices to ensure that we respect the privacy of respondents.