Re-thinking the Value Added by a Data Repository

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# Re-thinking the Value Added by a Data Repository
## Dataverse Community Meeting
### Sean Kross
### 2017-06-16

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# Sharing Data Used to be the Problem

![](img/NASAComputerRoom7090.NARA.jpg)

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# Thankfully There was a Solution!

![](img/dataverse.png)

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# Thankfully There was a Solution?

![](img/data-repos.png)

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# How to Prevent Researcher Fatigue?

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The competition:

- Plain text is always compatible.
- Plain text is easy to mix and match.
- Plain text is easy to maintain.
- Plain text is lightweight.
- Plain text is always forward compatible.

([Source](https://simplystatistics.org/2017/06/13/the-future-of-education-is-plain-text/))

- There's no sign-up or registration.
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![](img/jeff.jpg)

**Make everything plain text!**
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# What can we Provide that Plain Text Can't?

# We Have the Tools of **Open Science** !

![](img/open-sci.png)

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# Combined with Recommender Systems

![](img/amazon.png)

# (Meta)Data Products for Open Science

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# Case Study: Papr

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Lucy D'Agostino McGowan

[@LucyStats](https://twitter.com/LucyStats)

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Nick Strayer

[@NicholasStrayer](https://twitter.com/NicholasStrayer)

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![](img/papr.png)

([Source](https://simplystatistics.org/2017/06/06/papr-rate-papers-on-biorxiv-in-a-single-swipe-and-help-science/))

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![](img/papr-similar.png)

([Source](https://simplystatistics.org/2017/06/06/papr-rate-papers-on-biorxiv-in-a-single-swipe-and-help-science/))

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# Researcher Fatigue => Puppy Fatigue

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# Thank You!

Link to this talk: [seankross.com/iqss-talk](http://seankross.com/iqss-talk)

Code for this talk: [github.com/seankross/iqss-talk](https://github.com/seankross/iqss-talk)

Try out Papr: [jhubiostatistics.shinyapps.io/papr](https://jhubiostatistics.shinyapps.io/papr/)

Find me on Twitter: [@seankross](https://twitter.com/seankross)