Data Access and Research Transparency in the Quantitative Tradition

Data Access and Research Transparency in the Quantitative Tradition

The number of people conducting scientific analyses and the number of topics being studied are higher than ever. At the same time, there are questions about the public value of social scientific endeavors, particularly of federally funded quantitative research (Prewitt 2013). In this article, we con...

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Veröffentlicht in:PS, political science & politics political science & politics, 2014-01, Vol.47 (1), p.54-59
Hauptverfasser: Lupia, Arthur, Alter, George
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analytics
Archives
Consortia
Credibility
Data
Data access
Data sharing
Disclosure
Inferences
Information sharing
Periodicals
Political science
Qualitative methods
Qualitative research
Quantitative Methods
Research design
Research methodology
Science and Society
Sharing
Social research
Social sciences
Statistical Analysis
Symposium: Openness in Political Science
SYMPOSIUM: Openness in Political Science: Data Access and Research Transparency
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Zusammenfassung:The number of people conducting scientific analyses and the number of topics being studied are higher than ever. At the same time, there are questions about the public value of social scientific endeavors, particularly of federally funded quantitative research (Prewitt 2013). In this article, we contend that data access and research transparency are essential to the public value of the enterprise as a whole and to the credibility of the growing number of individuals who conduct such research (also see Esterling 2013).
ISSN:1049-0965
1537-5935
DOI:10.1017/S1049096513001728