Timeline for Is it OK to extract datasets from somebody's paper and work with it in your own papers?
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| May 17, 2017 at 21:58 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/864963338807234567 | ||
| May 17, 2017 at 10:58 | comment | added | Alf | @Roland I see what you mean and I guess I was just a bit too, hmm, maybe cautious or shy but it principle everything published is something I can further use or work with I guess (with proper acknowledgement) | |
| May 17, 2017 at 10:49 | comment | added | user9482 | Extracting data shouldn't introduce errors if done right. It usually introduces additional uncertainty which can be taken into account for subsequent analyses. A graph is just a different way of presenting information than a table. Would you have the same doubts with extracting data from a table? | |
| May 17, 2017 at 10:46 | vote | accept | Alf | ||
| May 17, 2017 at 10:46 | comment | added | Alf | @Roland I see, let my try to explain: I think my personal feeling is that using these tools to extract data feels a bit like just copying somebody's data + I might introduce errors by extracting the data which could lead to wrong conclusions about the original dataset (only on a first check, though, a through check would/should reveal that I made an error). But that issue is tackled by JayFromA's answer. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 10:41 | comment | added | user9482 | I'd understood what your doubts are about. What I'm interested in is why you have doubts. Such information could help writing more specific answers. Extracting data from graphs has a long tradition. I can't see how anybody would suspect ethical problems if proper citation rules are observed. That's why I'm asking you for your reasoning. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 10:27 | comment | added | Alf | @Roland my doubts are about extracting the data with software-tools from their plots and do further research with it - instead of having the proper (real/raw) dataset and allowance from the original author. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 10:23 | comment | added | user9482 | Can you elaborate why you have doubts regarding if it is OK? | |
| May 17, 2017 at 10:20 | answer | added | asquared | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 17, 2017 at 10:13 | history | asked | Alf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |