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by jfoutz 3444 days ago
Don't they have to publish the data with the papers? There are so many ways to screw up analysis. That's ignoring collection problems...

I'm guessing they don't, which makes findings, kinda, suspect.
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JamesBarney 3443 days ago
HIPAA compliance issues makes this an issue.

Also their trove of data is not a one shot. They might collect data a mountain of data on Leukemia but publish one study on Leukemia's correlation with high power lines. Publishing this paper wouldn't necessitate opening up all of their data from either a horizontal or vertical perspective.

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jfoutz 3443 days ago
HIPPA makes perfect sense.

I see your point about using the data for other research. Hopefully reviewers of the paper, at least, get to look at the data.

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