Withholding data: bad science or scientific misconduct?
Some of the topics discussed:
Dan raises privacy issues surrounding sharing data
What are the limits of AI to identify people from 'un-identifiable' data?
The new age of sharing data
What grinds Dan's gears
Requesting data from people who said that they'd actually share their data
James' experiences with requesting data
Dan offers a solution for accessing data via an independent 3rd party
When is a data request 'vexatious'?
Hiding data vs. just being lazy with data management
The importance of sharing your analysis code along with the data
Version controlling manuscripts
How much will open data actually improve science?
'Fake' journals masquerading as real ones
Australia's windfarm commissioner (a real thing, unfortunalty)
Australian coffee vs. the rest of the world
Our Twitter followers numbers have surpassed our Facebook fans!
Links
The paper on requesting data
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22686633
The blog post on whether withholding your data is scientific misconduct
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/07/03/data-secrecy-bad-science-or-scientific-misconduct/
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