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Validity as a thick concept
This paper presents a novel position in the philosophy of logic: I argue that validity is a thick concept. Hence, I propose to consider validity in...
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Experimental practices and objectivity in the social sciences: re-embedding construct validity in the internal–external validity distinction
The experimental revolution in the social sciences is one of the most significant methodological shifts undergone by the field since the...
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Evaluating the validity of animal models of mental disorder: from modeling syndromes to modeling endophenotypes
This paper provides a historical analysis of a shift in the way animal models of mental disorders were conceptualized: the shift from the...
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Compliance with research ethics in epidemiological studies targeted to conflict-affected areas in Western Ethiopia: validity of informed consent (VIC) by information comprehension and voluntariness (ICV)
BackgroundThe conduct of research is critical to advancing human health. However, there are issues of ethical concern specific to the design and...
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Big Data
Big Data steht als Sammelbegriff für jegliche Art und große Anzahl von Daten, die mit traditionellen Datenanalyseverfahren nicht mehr handhabbar sind...
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Reactivity and good data in qualitative data collection
Reactivity in qualitative data collection occurs when a researcher generates data about a situation with reactivity, that is, a situation in which...
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REPRESENT: REPresentativeness of RESearch data obtained through the ‘General Informed ConsENT’
BackgroundWe assessed potential consent bias in a cohort of > 40,000 adult patients asked by mail after hospitalization to consent to the use of...
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Data Alteration
Data alteration requires consideration of: what are data, when should they be available and what is their quality. Alteration may be intended or...
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The Necessary Uniformity of Nature and the Validity of Induction
In this lengthy essay I shall have a number of different but related aims. I shall defend the uniformity of nature in a new way, but that defense...
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Develo** Cross-Cultural Data Infrastructures (CCDIs) for Research in Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences
Cross-cultural research provides invaluable information about the origins of and explanations for cognitive and behavioral diversity. Interest in...
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Indignity of Nazi data: reflections on the utilization of illicit research
Human rights may feel self-apparent to us, but less than 80 years ago, one of the most advanced countries at the time acted based on an utterly...
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Ethical Data Collection for Medical Image Analysis: a Structured Approach
Due to advancements in technology such as data science and artificial intelligence, healthcare research has gained momentum and is generating new...
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The practical ethics of repurposing health data: how to acknowledge invisible data work and the need for prioritization
Throughout the Global North, policymakers invest in large-scale integration of health-data infrastructures to facilitate the reuse of clinical data...
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A Dynamic Logic of Data-Informed Knowledge
With agents relying more and more on information from central servers rather than their own sensors, knowledge becomes property not of a specific...
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Rationales and Approaches to Protecting Brain Data: a Sco** Review
Advances in neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data analytics are allowing interpretation of patterns from brain data to...
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Plant Science Data Integration, from Building Community Standards to Defining a Consistent Data Lifecycle
FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data principles for plant research build upon experience from other life science domains such as...
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Regulating New Challenges in the Natural Sciences: Data Protection and Data Sharing in Translational Genetic Research
In cancer genome research, measurement and understanding are important at three levels: in the collection of patient data, in their scientific...
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Selling Who You Know: How We Justify Sharing Others’ Data
Many apps request access to users’ contacts or photos and many consumers agree to these requests. However, agreeing is ethically questionable as it...
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Perceptions on the Ethical and Legal Principles that Influence Global Brain Data Governance
Advances in neuroscience and other disciplines are producing large-scale brain data consisting of datasets from multiple organisms, disciplines, and...
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Consent as a compositional act – a framework that provides clarity for the retention and use of data
BackgroundInformed consent is one of the key principles of conducting research involving humans. When research participants give consent, they...