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A comment on EPA's proposed new rule would allow it to ignore the best available science. Parent comment

Re:EPA's proposed new rule would allow it to ignore the best... by refurb on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:54PM (#17527111)
There is no requirement for personal data to be released. Plenty of environmental studies have been done with anonymized data.

Sounds like a red herring to me.

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Re:EPA's proposed new rule would allow it to ignore the best... by rhcom2 on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:02PM (#17527196)
Your confidentiality agreement with a study can preclude them from even releasing the anonymized raw data, invaliding a study in the eyes of the EPA.

It also mandates reproducibility. It isn't exactly easy or even possible to reproduce a 70-year long study or a study of victims of a disaster which is the point of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and The American Academy of Pediatrics.

https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259-2...

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Re:EPA's proposed new rule would allow it to ignore the best... by refurb on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:05PM (#17527236)
Reproducibility in science means enough information is disclosed, such that the data can be reproduced. It does not mean it has to be repeated to be believed.

Reproducibility is a key part of the scientific method. I'm surprised people are so willing to toss it aside.

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Re:EPA's proposed new rule would allow it to ignore the best... by ianyang on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:15PM (#17527329)
Reproducibility doesn't require the original data set to be present, only that the method of conducting that particular study reproducible. There are huge differences.
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Re:EPA's proposed new rule would allow it to ignore the best... by refurb on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:29PM (#17527424)
If you want to reproduce the analysis, you sure as heck do need original data.

I probably sound like a broken record, but this is standard across scientific disciplines. No raw data and people call bullshit.

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