Publishing Data

Introduction

Making data available to other researchers in some form is a key need of research transparency and reproducibility. However, it is not generally possible or advisable to release raw data. Primary data usually contains personally-identifying information (PII) such as names, locations, or financial records that are unethical to make public; secondary data is often owned by an entity other than the research team and therefore may face legal issues in public release. It is therefore important to structure both data management and analytics such that the data that is published replicates the researcher's primary results to the best degree possible and that the data that is released is appropriately accessible.