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Re:Academic success is either a crapshoot or a scam by whack on Sunday December 24, 2017 @09:26AM (#15999649)
One of the things I find surprising about the way we do science today, is the idea that "data is king" and that it "speaks for itself". In reality, data devoid of context, is absolutely meaningless. If the goal of scientific researchers and journals is to promote good science, it's absolutely shocking that practices such as pre-registration of hypothesis and methodologies, are still completely optional.

https://wp.me/p3SyBR-8t

Re:Academic success is either a crapshoot or a scam by make3 on Sunday December 24, 2017 @09:29AM (#15999663)
I'd be surprised if anyone is really arguing that the context of data is not important.
Re:Academic success is either a crapshoot or a scam by whack on Sunday December 24, 2017 @03:04PM (#16001075)
And yet, practices like pre-registration of hypotheses are still not widespread. If they did, it would eliminate so much of the cherry-picking of data that occurs.

https://xkcd.com/882/