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ReadMe file for USN Research Data Archive
ReadMe file generated on [YYYY-MM-DD] by [NAME] 


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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Title of Dataset: 
Contact Information [of the person to be contacted for questions about the dataset]
  - Name: 
  - Institution: 
  - Email: 
  - ORCID:


DATE(S) OF DATA COLLECTION AND/OR TIME PERIOD COVERED
[Recommended standard format YYYYMMDD]

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION(S) OF DATA COLLECTION
[Where was the data collected?]


TYPE OF DATA:
[e.g. survy data, observation data, experimental data, clinical data, textual data, machine-readable text, or other type, specify]

LANGUAGE
[Fill in the language used in the dataset.]

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METHODOLOGY
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DESCRIBE THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING AND GENERATING YOUR DATA
[General information about the collection process]
[What technique did you use in collecting the data?]
[Where any devices, software programmes or machines used to collect the data? If so what?]
[If your raw data has been processed and prepared for analysis:
	What methods did you use?
  	Where any devices or software programs used in this work? If so what?]


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FILE INFORMATION
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File List: 
[Provide a list of files included in the dataset with a brief explanation of the contents.]
[For each file:
- Does the file format adhere to one or more standards?
- Is particular software required to open the file? If so what version?
- Date for the file creation, and date for updates]
 
Variable and/or codes or symbols explanation:
[For each file, provide a list of variable/column name(s), abbreviation(s), code(s), symbol(s), measurement unit(s), etc. with their explanation]


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SHARING 
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ALL UPLOADED DATASETS HAVE THEIR OWN CITE AND SHARING SECTION IN USN RESEARCH DATA ARCHIVE

[If your data require different citation methods than the traditional citation methods, please specify.]

[Save the ReadMe file in plain text format (.txt)(with Unicode UTF-8 character encoding)]


Acknowledgements. 
This README file template is adapted from DataverseNO's general README file Template Version: 2.1. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RHl-D79tZWC3nJJPrnvcgIQDHgmuH2Mk/view