You have identified DDI as a good standard for the task you want to accomplish, so that’s great. Now you need to move forward in using the standard. Below we provide some common use cases and tasks that DDI can support. Each task has a description, a set of related resources, and recommended tools to accomplish the task. If some of this language is unfamiliar to you, please see the DDI Glossary for definitions.
Getting Started by Task
Create a Data Catalog for Discovery
Create a Codebook
Design/Document Survey Questionnaires from Scratch
Create a Question Bank
Capture the Output of a CAI System
Document Data in Excel
Document and Manage Longitudinal Data
Create Comparison Maps/Crosswalks/Concordances
Getting Started for Developing with DDI