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Umm, that's not true. In plenty of fields it's common not to publish the raw data, and instead publish only some graphs that summarize a huge data set down to a
by jules 14y ago
Umm, that's not true. In plenty of fields it's common not to publish the raw data, and instead publish only some graphs that summarize a huge data set down to a couple of data points. This includes biology, physics, and medicine. On the contrary, people actively "protect" and "guard" their data. And yes, that's a big problem.
- gwern 14y agoOr they selectively release data. A personal example: a researcher was happy to give me unpublished data for a famous study which turned in an exciting research; then I asked about a pilot study she led which the technical report indicated was turning in a null result - all of a sudden, of course she would not give me any of the data and told me I shouldn't be relying on unpublished research!