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# Welcome {.unnumbered #sec-welcome}

Welcome to [*Training Manual for RAISE: REDCap and R Integration for Scientific Excellence*](https://redcap-tools.github.io/raise-manual-v1/).
This collection of documents covers our recommendations for conducting research at your institution using R and REDCap.

As we write this manual,
we hope you feel comfortable editing existing material or adding new lessons,
in order to improve the quality of all our work.

## How to Contribute {#sec-welcome-contribute}

We welcome suggestions, edits, and larger contributions to this guide.
This book is typeset in Markdown, rendered with [Quarto](https://quarto.org/), and hosted on GitHub.
For errors or requests, please submit an [Issue](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/about-issues)
to the book's [issue tracker](https://github.com/redcap-tools/raise-manual-v1/issues).
To make larger or direct contributions, please make a [pull request](https://github.com/redcap-tools/raise-manual-v1/pulls) using the standard [GitHub workflow](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/contributing-to-projects).

If you would like to contribute but are unfamiliar with any of these technologies,
please email an editorial committee member.

## How to Cite this Work {#sec-welcome-cite}

Balise R, Beasley WH, Yeaman K (Eds.) (2024).
_Training Manual for RAISE: REDCap and R Integration for Scientific Excellence_.
DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.14047108](https://zenodo.org/record/14047108)

Editorial Committee:

* [William H. Beasley](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5613-5006): November 2024 - present
* [Kiley Yeaman](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-2062): November 2024 - present
* [Raymond Balise](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9856-5901): November 2024 - present

To cite the REDCap software, please see the suggestions at
<https://projectredcap.org/resources/citations/>.

## Licensing {#sec-welcome-licensing}

This book is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Individual chapters are as well, unless otherwise noted.

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