tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post3558690559940452412..comments2024-03-26T19:10:00.791-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): PublishingJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-49417968313921579652010-05-24T22:09:10.599-04:002010-05-24T22:09:10.599-04:00Sitting on data is very ethically questionable -- ...Sitting on data is very ethically questionable -- we get upset with drug companies for this and public researchers shouldn't be held to a different standard. I'm sympathetic if good faith efforts to publish have been made. But sitting on completed projects is not cool at all!!!Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-63714376842180495952010-05-24T20:54:21.455-04:002010-05-24T20:54:21.455-04:00My previous comment appears to be post-beer but is...My previous comment appears to be post-beer but is in fact pre-coffee. Sorry for the barely comprehensible bollocks...<br /><br />Publish or Perish isn't a bad thing in my mind when you are taking public money. It's simply completing the job you are paid to do. I also regard it as unethical to sit on data the way some investigators seem happy to do.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100648595914456494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-47378679427016289932010-05-24T10:27:20.817-04:002010-05-24T10:27:20.817-04:00I prefer the Crick version, myself, but both are a...I prefer the Crick version, myself, but both are appropraite ways to sum up the situation.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-2820344227988007072010-05-24T00:19:15.036-04:002010-05-24T00:19:15.036-04:00Or as Crick put it if you don't you might as w...Or as Crick put it if you don't you might as well have spent your time in the garden. <br /><br />More contemporary account but it more bluntly. Do it or lose your job.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100648595914456494noreply@blogger.com