We have a system for providing CDs at YNiC. However, such is the number of requests we have to deal with, we now need to rethink how to provide the anatomical scan data to participants. What’s even more frustrating, is that although we have a system that alerts participants that their CD is ready, 58 remain uncollected. We are therefore being asked to allocate considerable resource to generating CDs that the participants subsequently have little or no interest in.
Rethink: Moving forward, we will allow researchers to create data CDs for their participants. The researcher will need to provide their own CD and execute a script. The script, 'Create subject CD', can be run from the 'Applications' menu under 'YNiC Utilities'. Please follow the instructions given by the script and note that you (1) have to have the permission of the participant (2) make sure that the participant receives the CD [you may want to record their signature] and (3) you record who you have sent CDs to.
Andre is also putting a webpage together to give guidance.