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How to Contribute to the SHRUG⚓︎

SHRUG Contribution Form

Contributing your data to the SHRUG has many benefits.

  1. People will use your data to do valuable research!

  2. People will cite you when they use your data! SHRUG contributions keep attributions to original contributors.

  3. You will help build amazing open science norms, resulting in human flourishing!

  4. When you starting using SHRUG, you promised to contribute! (Remember?)

If you have data that you think would be a good fit with the SHRUG, you can send us a query at info@devdatalab.org. In general, we are keen to host data that is (1) relevant to a broad audience; (2) has broad geographic coverage at high resolution. The comparative advantage of the SHRUG is its resolution; more coarse (e.g. district-level) datasets are a less good fit.

When your data is integrated into the SHRUG, it will be downloadable from SHRUG and searchable in the SHRUG variable search.

To contribute, please follow the steps below. Please follow the steps closely, as we can only integrate data that precisely meets the format specifications. You might have to do some additional data cleaning and labeling -- such is the cost of having widely used data!

  1. Open the SHRUG contribution checklist and follow the instructions to prepare your data, metadata, documentation, and code according to our guidelines.

  2. Fill out our SHRUG Data Contribution Form. This will require:

    • Your contact information
    • A comprehensive metadata file upload (following the checklist guidelines)
    • A single ZIP archive containing all required files (following the checklist guidelines)

  3. After submitting the form, you will receive an email acknowledgement. Our system will run some basic checks and inform you of any immediate errors or deviations from requirements. Our team will then review your submission and reach out with any questions or requests before integrating your contribution into the SHRUG platform.

If you have any questions about the contribution process or if your data doesn't fit neatly into these guidelines, please reach out to us at info@devdatalab.org. We're happy to work with you to find a way to incorporate valuable data into the SHRUG.

Thank you for making the SHRUG better and for contributing to open science!