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  1. Re:Open Science Framework by VeryFluffyBunny · · Score: 2 · on Ask Slashdot: Do Citizen Science Platforms Exist? (arstechnica.com)

    AC, you beat me to it! :)

    Yes, Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/

    Allows researchers to upload their data, methods, algorithms/calculations, etc.. Allows anyone else to check and report errors/problems and suggest improvements. Open data can also be re-purposed but that may be an open temptation to indulge in p-hacking.

  2. Browsing is not data-mining; Data set removed. by SeattleLawGuy · · Score: 1 · on Researchers Release Profile Data on 70,000 OkCupid Users Without Permission (vox.com)

    1. Because there is a distinction between data-mining user information and browsing user profiles as an individual.

    2. Because the person did not hold a copyright in any of the material which he scraped and uploaded to another site. The terms of service at the second site require him to only upload material he has a right to upload. He violated their terms of service. I am sure that is why the material is now down. https://osf.io/p9ixw/

    Interestingly, though, okcupid's /profile is not blocked in their robots.txt.

  3. The project's been suspended/hidden by Johann+Public · · Score: 2 · on Researchers Release Profile Data on 70,000 OkCupid Users Without Permission (vox.com)
    "Unavailable For Legal Reasons

    This record has been suspended"
    https://osf.io/p9ixw/files/

    Kirkegaard's other work (still available) on Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/a2yfn/

    Interestingly enough, it works out to be great advertising for a really neat science site/service...

  4. The project's been suspended/hidden by Johann+Public · · Score: 2 · on Researchers Release Profile Data on 70,000 OkCupid Users Without Permission (vox.com)
    "Unavailable For Legal Reasons

    This record has been suspended"
    https://osf.io/p9ixw/files/

    Kirkegaard's other work (still available) on Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/a2yfn/

    Interestingly enough, it works out to be great advertising for a really neat science site/service...

  5. Be Skeptical of Priming Studies by dcollins · · Score: 5, Informative · on Why Winners Become Cheaters (washingtonpost.com)

    Remember: "Priming studies" (like here: being reminded of prior winning makes you more like to cheat) are notorious for showing anything under the sun and then failing to be reproducible later.

    Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman called priming studies the "poster child for doubts about the integrity of psychological research":

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_%28psychology%29#Criticism

    In the Many Labs Replication Project, the two "priming studies" landed at the very bottom, showing no evidence of any real effect in the replication trials:

    https://osf.io/wx7ck/

  6. Open Science Framework by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ask Slashdot: Why Does Science Appear To Be Getting Things Increasingly Wrong?

    The Center for Open Science created a Github-style website that aims to facilitate reproducibility and transparency in science. I'm a bit skeptical that it will ever take off beyond behavioral psych studies, but at least they're trying.