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Research Data: who will share what, with whom, when, and why?
[working paper]
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Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
Abstract "The deluge of scientific research data has excited the general public, as well as the scientific community, with the possibilities for better understanding of scientific problems, from climate to culture. For data to be available, researchers must be willing and able to share them. The policies of ... view more
"The deluge of scientific research data has excited the general public, as well as the scientific community, with the possibilities for better understanding of scientific problems, from climate to culture. For data to be available, researchers must be willing and able to share them. The policies of governments, funding agencies, journals, and university tenure and promotion committees also influence how, when, and whether research data are shared. Data are complex objects. Their purposes and the methods by which they are produced vary widely across scientific fields, as do the criteria for sharing them. To address these challenges, it is necessary to examine the arguments for sharing data and how those arguments match the motivations and interests of the scientific community and the public. Four arguments are examined: to make the results of publicly funded data available to the public, to enable others to ask new questions of extant data, to advance the state of science, and to reproduce research. Libraries need to consider their role in the face of each of these arguments, and what expertise and systems they require for data curation." [author's abstract]... view less
Keywords
data; research; scientific community; measurement; science; survey; hypothesis; method; systems analysis; experiment; data bank; publication; library
Classification
Research, Research Organization
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
21 p.
Series
RatSWD Working Paper Series, 161
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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