Schools:

A doctoral researcher in a genome research project wants to involve local schools in his research project

This is done by holding a tournament for the best solution to one of the project’s research questions. They will have to organize the competition themselves, using the time allocated for the research project. they

I feel this will promote the project in the community and make school children more interested in science.

1. What challenges will the doctoral researcher face to achieve this?

2. What other benefits can this activity provide?

3. Do you think this type of activity is a good use of researchers’ time?

Data:

Martha conducted several experiments that had negative results and did not help advance her project overall. However, she feels that the results, protocol and data are still interesting. she

Not only does she want to put off work, but she's not sure what to do with it. Says a friend

You should keep it private in case it can be used for posts later.

1. Do you think the friend is right?

2. Is there another, more "open" solution? What else can be done with the data?

3. Would you like to see more negative results published? Why why not?

4. Would you like to access other researchers' protocols and data?

For publication:

Mart is trying to publish some exciting results from his work. However, one magazine has

He rejected one paper and did not receive another. He heard that another laboratory was also there preparing to publish results in a similar field. Another researcher suggests publishing this paper in a preprint so it will be published first, but the lead researcher is a bit unsure if this is a good idea.

1. Do you think he should use preprints?

2. What are the advantages or disadvantages of this approach?

3. Have you ever used preprints? What do you think of them?

Escenario: Datos Abiertos para mejorar la movilidad urbana

Una municipalidad de una ciudad peruana decidió publicar un conjunto de Datos Abiertos sobre accidentes de tránsito ocurridos durante los últimos tres años. El conjunto incluye información sobre fecha, tipo de accidente, zona, tipo de vía y condiciones generales del incidente, pero no contiene nombres, documentos de identidad, placas ni otros datos que permitan identificar a las personas involucradas.

Un grupo de estudiantes universitarios descarga los datos y observa que determinados sectores presentan una concentración de accidentes. Deciden analizar la información y elaborar una visualización que permita identificar las zonas con mayor frecuencia de incidentes. Posteriormente, presentan sus resultados a la municipalidad y proponen utilizar esta información para orientar campañas de prevención y mejorar la seguridad vial.

Preguntas

1. ¿Qué valor pueden aportar los Datos Abiertos en este escenario y cómo podrían utilizarse para tomar mejores decisiones?

2. ¿Qué aspectos deberían verificar los estudiantes antes de analizar y publicar sus resultados?

3. ¿Cómo podrían comunicar sus conclusiones para que sean útiles tanto para la municipalidad como para los ciudadanos?

Dr. Lee is a postdoctoral researcher working on a multi-centre study examining whether a new rehabilitation programme improves hand function after surgery. The study includes data from approximately 300 patients across three hospitals.

Before data collection began, the research team agreed that the study protocol and statistical analysis plan would be preregistered and that anonymised data and analysis code would be shared after publication. However, the preregistration was delayed because the team wanted to revise several outcome measures after seeing preliminary results.

When the analysis was completed, the primary outcome showed no statistically significant difference between the rehabilitation programme and standard care. However, one secondary outcome showed a significant improvement in a subgroup of younger patients. The senior investigator suggested focusing the paper on this subgroup analysis because it would make the findings more interesting and potentially increase the chances of publication.

A journal reviewing the manuscript later requested access to the anonymised dataset and statistical code. One hospital was reluctant to share the data because its consent form had stated that patient information would be used for research purposes but had not specifically mentioned public data sharing. The research team therefore had to decide how much information could ethically and legally be made available.

Questions

1. Should the researchers change the focus of the paper to emphasize the statistically significant subgroup result? Why or why not?

2. How should the team balance the principles of open data and reproducibility with its responsibility to protect patient confidentiality and respect the original consent process?

3. What steps could the researchers have taken before beginning the study to make the project more consistent with Open Science principles?