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Author asks to retract nearly 20-year old paper over figure questions, lack of data
Since the original research data for a paper containing "suspicious" images could not be located, one of the authors has requested its retraction.
@DynamicWebPaige A NASA scientist said that over 80% of old NASA data was unreadable: lack of documentation. Same w/ hardware. No curation.
Tweets about a lack of computer hardware curation and data documentation.
A matter of integrity: Can improved curation efforts prevent the next data sharing disaster?
An explanation of how improved data curation methods can prevent situations like the controversial release of OK Cupid data from occurring.
#datasharing among doctors is very important to minimize patient/caregiver frustration #WHFrontiers .@PittTweet .@CarnegieMellon
Tweets about the importance of efficient data sharing among doctors.
Sharing data: Here’s how you do it, and here’s how you don’t
A description of contrasting ways that research data can be shared and obtained: free of charge via a willing researcher, or for a fee using donations from GoFundMe.
sociologists need to be better at replication – a guest post by cristobal young
A report on the attempt to replicate 53 sociological studies, and the rate of response to requests for replication packages from social science researchers.
FEEDBACK #1
Feedback on the announcement of the OpenHouse Project, and a response from one of the founders. The discussion concerns openness and privacy issues regarding home sales data.
replication and the future of sociology
The author suggests ways in which researchers and publishers can promote replication of sociology studies through data curation practices and requirements.
Call for Cases of Data Reuse: Still Seeking Answers
The author continues her call for case studies of research data re-use, as differentiated from re-use of data obtained from databases. She describes the responses received from the first call and resources that can be used to find more case studies.
Open data, authorship, and the early career scientist
Discussion of authorship concerns when publishing open data, and how this affects early career scientists.