18: Data sharing

Published: June 29, 2016, noon

Withholding data: bad science or scientific misconduct?

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Some of the topics discussed:

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  • Dan raises privacy issues surrounding sharing data
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  • What are the limits of AI to identify people from 'un-identifiable' data?
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  • The new age of sharing data
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  • What grinds Dan's gears
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  • Requesting data from people who said that they'd actually share their data
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  • James' experiences with requesting data
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  • Dan offers a solution for accessing data via an independent 3rd party
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  • When is a data request 'vexatious'?
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  • Hiding data vs. just being lazy with data management
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  • The importance of sharing your analysis code along with the data
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  • Version controlling manuscripts
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  • How much will open data actually improve science?
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  • 'Fake' journals masquerading as real ones
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  • Australia's windfarm commissioner (a real thing, unfortunalty)
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  • Australian coffee vs. the rest of the world
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  • Our Twitter followers numbers have surpassed our Facebook fans!
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Links

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  • The paper on requesting data
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22686633

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  • The blog post on whether withholding your data is scientific misconduct
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http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/07/03/data-secrecy-bad-science-or-scientific-misconduct/

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