インパクトの大きな医学研究で使用した統計ソフトのコードを公開するべきだという論評
Assel M, Vickers AJ. Statistical Code for Clinical Research Papers in a High-Impact Specialist Medical Journal. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168:832–833. doi: 10.7326/M17-2863
<原文は自前のデータを提示してはいますが、ほぼ、思うところを述べている論評です>
1. 定量的医学研究・
First, software practices and principles should become a core part of biostatistics curricula, regardless of the degree (under- or postgraduate) or subject (biostatistics, public health, or epidemiology). Given that students will have to write code when they perform analyses as practicing investigators, we question why so few degree programs in quantitative medical science teach good coding practice.
2. 教室内で、統計解析のコードをピアレビューすべきだというが、
Second, statistical code should undergo intramural peer review. Colleagues should routinely share code to receive constructive criticism just as they share drafts of scientific papers.
3. 自分自身が「エレガント」だと思うような綺麗なコードは、
Finally, code associated with published research should be archived. Doing so would not only improve transparency and reproducibility but also help to ensure that investigators write better-quality code…. We believe well-written code has more than cosmetic value and that dirty code may lead to scientific errors.
「We urge the medical research community to take immediate remedial action」:
# ちなみに、この論評で推進を論じているcode share、「格安航空会社のホームページでチケットを予約したのに、空港で待っていたのは国内大手の機材だった」感じです。