Rdm

paper retraction in absence of data

see copyrighted material here: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6352/654.1 In brief, a paper was retracted from science because the raw data could not be presented. The computer containing the data has apparently been stolen and no backup existed. There are other similar stories on retractionwatch.com (https://retractionwatch.com/2016/02/23/we-are-living-in-hell-authors-retract-2nd-paper-due-to-missing-raw-data/, https://retractionwatch.com/2017/01/20/boom-headshot-disputed-video-game-paper-retracted/). It is not always clear if there were misconduct, but it seems the absence of data makes it impossible for researchers to prove they did not misconduct.

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open science and quality management 1

During the second week of march, I had the chance to participate to two interesting meetings: the open science barcamp and the premierquality seminar. Both events have some online archive with results of discussion for the barcamp (https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/oscibar2018) and slides of the presentations for the seminar (https://www.bihealth.org/de/quest-center/projekte/premier/news/). I was stroked by the similarity in the discourses, not only concerning the problems discussed but also the solutions proposed. Here is the first of a series of blog about the parallel between the two events and communities.

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my notes on possible new RDM promotion material

type of videos hijack: computer game, superhero, star treck, star wars… dialogue: research data VS GOfair research data data is my child chrismas present. hijack logical fallacies/known psychological events/dioseases,…, give examples with data management source of inspiration phd comics https://theupturnedmicroscope.com, https://theupturnedmicroscope.com/comic/flash-comic-february-2016/, https://theupturnedmicroscope.com/comic/flash-comic-may-2015/, https://theupturnedmicroscope.com/comic/tip/, https://imgur.com/gallery/ZpgQz topics data loss you lost all your data but this todo list, it says: “backup data” data documentation

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