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Your confidentiality agreement with a study can preclude them from even releasing the anonymized raw data, invaliding a study in the eyes of the EPA. It also m
by rhcom2 8y ago
Your confidentiality agreement with a study can preclude them from even releasing the anonymized raw data, invaliding a study in the eyes of the EPA.
It also mandates reproducibility. It isn't exactly easy or even possible to reproduce a 70-year long study or a study of victims of a disaster which is the point of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and The American Academy of Pediatrics.
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259-2425 https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259-2...
- refurb 8y agoReproducibility in science means enough information is disclosed, such that the data can be reproduced. It does not mean it has to be repeated to be believed. Reproducibility is a key part of the scientific method. I'm surprised people are so willing to toss it aside.
- ianyang 8y agoReproducibility doesn't require the original data set to be present, only that the method of conducting that particular study reproducible. There are huge differences.
- refurb 8y agoIf you want to reproduce the analysis, you sure as heck do need original data. I probably sound like a broken record, but this is standard across scientific disciplines. No raw data and people call bullshit.