{"id":14350,"date":"2020-10-21T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=14350"},"modified":"2020-11-04T10:26:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T00:26:39","slug":"making-your-research-reproducible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2020\/10\/21\/making-your-research-reproducible\/","title":{"rendered":"Making your research reproducible"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ability to r<\/span>eplicat<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0experiments<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is a key pillar of scientific progress.\u00a0<\/span>For researchers to replicate the work of others,\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>achieve<\/span>\u00a0th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>same results and conclusions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>time and time again<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0relies on the original workflow or research process being\u00a0<\/span>transparent by being\u00a0<\/span>well-<\/span>documented<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>openly\u00a0<\/span>shared<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>studies are not replicable\u00a0<\/span>because<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>crucial<\/span>\u00a0information\u00a0<\/span>about research methods<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and the research process is lacking<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To<\/span>\u00a0help foster a reproducible research culture at Griffith,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>eResearch<\/span>\u00a0Services\u00a0<\/span>in partnership with<\/span> Library Researcher Services have developed a <\/span>‘9 Reproducible Research Things’ workshop<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>help our<\/span>\u00a0researchers\u00a0<\/span>adopt<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a number of<\/span>\u00a0reproducible research<\/span>\u00a0habits<\/span>. The workshop is openly available to all Griffith and non-Griffith\u00a0<\/span>r<\/span>esearchers and\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>offered both\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a self-paced tutorial format and\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>online\u00a0<\/span>workshop<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The steps\u00a0<\/span>de<\/span>sc<\/span>ribed<\/span>\u00a0may\u00a0<\/span>seem<\/span>\u00a0small, but they have a big impact<\/span>. T<\/span>hey not only benefit the wider world of research by making <\/span>research<\/span> more open, but<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>help\u00a0<\/span>make the\u00a0<\/span>research\u00a0<\/span>process more efficient,\u00a0<\/span>thus saving<\/span>\u00a0time<\/span>\u00a0and effort<\/span>\u00a0for the researcher<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>For example,\u00a0<\/span>c<\/span>ommon\u00a0<\/span>\u2018disaster\u2019\u00a0<\/span>scenarios<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0such as losing a key member of your<\/span>\u00a0research team<\/span>, misplacing a\u00a0<\/span>laptop or\u00a0<\/span>hard drive, or having your\u00a0<\/span>findings\u00a0<\/span>challenged<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>can be\u00a0<\/span>avoide<\/span>d<\/span>\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>good\u00a0<\/span>practices\u00a0<\/span>(reproducible \u2018things\u2019) that researchers can\u00a0<\/span>adopt<\/span>\u00a0from the\u00a0<\/span>outset.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Workshop\u00a0<\/span>materials\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>organised\u00a0<\/span>into Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels to make\u00a0<\/span>everyone\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>research process<\/span>es<\/span>\u00a0more efficient and effective.\u202f\u202fAs this workshop would be applicable to any researcher or institute, we have released the\u00a0<\/span>workshop on\u00a0<\/span>GitHub<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>under a Creative Commons licence<\/span>\u00a0that permits reuse<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>
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The ability to replicate\u00a0experiments\u00a0is a key pillar of scientific progress.\u00a0For researchers to replicate the work of others,\u00a0to\u00a0achieve\u00a0the\u00a0same results and conclusions\u00a0time and time again,\u00a0relies on the original workflow or research process being\u00a0transparent by being\u00a0well-documented\u00a0and\u00a0openly\u00a0shared.\u00a0However,\u00a0many\u00a0studies are not replicable\u00a0because\u00a0crucial\u00a0information\u00a0about research methods\u00a0and the research process is lacking.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To\u00a0help foster a reproducible research culture at Griffith,\u00a0eResearch\u00a0Services\u00a0in partnership with Library ResearcherContinue reading “Making your research reproducible”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-researchers"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Donald Robert Jeffrey","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}