If you are going to collect data, either in person or online, there are lots of resources at Leiden University to help you.

Collecting online data

SOLO is the main source of support at the university. Here are their main channels:

  • SOLO Research Wiki: here you can find technical documentation about SOLO supported research tools and platforms. It also contains a link to the latest versions of the COVID-19 protocols.
  • SOLO Online Research Teams: meant for everybody doing online research. Here ideas can be shared and questions asked to colleagues or SOLO employees concerning online research.

Collecting in-person data

  • Login to the ethics application portal to help edit (if applicable).
  • Get access to the Sylvius labs via SOLO (Maureen Meekel). This includes access to the room booking system.
  • Get access to the project J-drive (ask Anne) - see below for accessing with Cyberduck.
  • Make a SONA account for participant recruitment. Add a slide here for your advertisement to be shown in screens in the Sylvius building.
  • See here for a guide to collecting behavioral data in a visual decision task, written by Annika Frach and Camilla Enwereuzor. See here for instructions on running a group decision-making study, written by Alisa Wirtnik and Eveline de Bie.

Storing and loading internal data

  • Data from experiments run in the lab should be stored on the J-drive: WORKGROUPS/FSW/PROJECT-NAME. Anne will request access for you at the start of the project. The J-drive can be accessed from the lab computers: when you are logged in with your account, you should see the J-drive appear next to other network drives.

Accessing the J-drive on your own computer

a) Cyberduck

  • Download the Cyberduck software (see here and here for more setup instructions.
  • After you have downloaded Cyberduck, start a new connection:
    • choose sFTP
    • Server: sftpgw.leidenuniv.nl
    • Username: your Leiden username
    • Password: your Leiden password
    • SSH Private Key: None
    • Path: /winshare/Public/Workgroups/FSW/PROJECT-NAME
    • Transfer files: Default
    • Encoding: UTF-8
  • Note: if you’d like to avoid copying these data to your local drive for analysis, you can download the MountainDuck software and mount the J-drive as if it were a regular network drive. This should give you a direct path to the data (see here for an example, ask Anne or Philippa for more info).

b) EduVPN

  • Download EduVPN software
  • After you have downloaded the software, log into your Leiden University account
  • If student: use your student number (s_______) and your password
  • When logged in, the EduVPN window will pop up, it needs to be turned on (green light) to work
  • The J-drive will appear under “This PC”
  • Note: This only works for Windows users.