NIH ponders reproducible research, redux

Last August I wrote about the NIH's considerations of measures to encourage reproducible research.  Today, the NIH's leaders Francis Collins and Lawrence Tabak have announced what they've been up to.  Their note quite appropriately emphasizes study design and the reporting of details of experimental design.  They are basically running a range of pilot projects and plan to decide which measures to adopt permanently at the end of this year.  Although this is a very cautious and gradualist approach, I applaud their intention to act on this issue.  And I agree with them that the whole scientific community needs to take ownership of reproducible research.  I look forward to reading about their findings and their decisions in 4Q14.

DTLR is delighted to endorse the NIH's actions to support reproducible research.

Reference

Francis S. Collins and Lawrence Tabak, 2014:  NIH plans to enhance reproducibility.  Nature, 505:  612-613.