18 Oct
2019
18 Oct
'19
11:49 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:42:59 +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:
The upside: the script was made available with the study. Lots of studies cannot be replicated due to data and/or scripts/programs not being made available as well. Hence the "open science" movement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science).
Nice discussion here <https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/a-tale-of-two-retractions/> about what happens to their articles reporting on research results which are subsequently retracted. Turns out there’s a whole “Retraction Watch” website that reports on retracted papers, but it doesn’t always make clear why they were withdrawn. This information, too, can be scientifically useful, as guides on how not to make the same mistakes again.