Publication of the data will often be inappropriate for confidentiality reasons.
Publication will not prevent fraud.
Mark Elliot
Centre for Census and Survey Research
School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester
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Subject: Re: Open Access to Data
Publication of data or of access thereto permits others to apply the correct statistical technique.
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Subject: Re: Open Access to Data
From: S Ellison <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, February 03, 2013 4:52 am
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> > It is appalling how many journals are still willing to publish
> >research results while not providing a URL to the data underlying the research.
> > Do I suspect in such instances that the author is lying?
If you're talking about data acquired by the same researcher, no more so than if the data set _were_ published. Any even half competent liar would surely falsify the data anyway. Publication of a data set, or otherwise, is not a strong indication of veracity.
S Ellison
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