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Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research: A Protocol for Documenting Data Management and Analysis

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  • Richard Ball
  • Norm Medeiros

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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.

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  • Richard Ball & Norm Medeiros, 2012. "Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research: A Protocol for Documenting Data Management and Analysis," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(2), pages 182-189, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jeduce:v:43:y:2012:i:2:p:182-189
    DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2012.659647
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