ERIC Number: EJ963640
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
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Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research: A Protocol for Documenting Data Management and Analysis
Ball, Richard; Medeiros, Norm
Journal of Economic Education, v43 n2 p182-189 2012
This article describes a protocol the authors developed for teaching undergraduates to document their statistical analyses for empirical research projects so that their results are completely reproducible and verifiable. The protocol is guided by the principle that the documentation prepared to accompany an empirical research project should be sufficient to allow an independent researcher to replicate easily and exactly every step of the data management and analysis that generated the results reported in a study. The authors hope that requiring students to follow this protocol will not only teach them how to document their research appropriately, but also instill in them the belief that such documentation is an important professional responsibility. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Undergraduate Students, Integrity, Documentation, Methods, Statistical Analysis, Research, Replication (Evaluation), Access to Information
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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