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ArticleThe R journal2018

A System for an Accountable Data Analysis Process in R.

Jonathan Gelfond, Martin Goros, Brian Hernandez, Alex Bokov

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Article in The R journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jonathan GelfondDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UT Health San Antonio, TX, USA, gelfondjal@uthscsa.edu.
Martin GorosDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UT Health San Antonio, TX, USA, goros@uthscsa.edu.
Brian HernandezDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UT Health San Antonio, TX, USA, hernandezbs@uthscsa.edu.
Alex BokovDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UT Health San Antonio, TX, USA, bokov@uthscsa.edu.

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE---COREP30CA054174 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Lei Zheng · 1991 to 2026
$59.1M
TRANSGENIC COREP30AG013319 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI PETER J HORNSBY · 1995 to 2026
$30.6M
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve HealthUL1TR002645 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A, HARGREAVES, KENNETH M · 2018 to 2022
$20.4M
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve HealthUL1TR001120 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A, HARGREAVES, KENNETH M · 2013 to 2017
$16.5M
San Antonio OAIC - Research Education Component (REC)P30AG044271 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Adam Salmon, Elena Volpi · 2015 to 2026
$14.1M
Bayesian Approaches to Model Selection for Survival DataR01GM070335 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI IBRAHIM, JOSEPH G · 2003 to 2019
$4.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001120NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002645NCI NIH HHS P30 CA054174NIA NIH HHS P30 AG013319NIA NIH HHS P30 AG044271NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070335
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficiently producing transparent analyses may be difficult for beginners or tedious for the experienced. This implies a need for computing systems and environments that can efficiently satisfy reproducibility and accountability standards. To this end, we have developed a system, R package, and R Shiny application called adapr (Accountable Data Analysis Process in R) that is built on the principle of accountable units. An accountable unit is a data file (statistic, table or graphic) that can be associated with a provenance, meaning how it was created, when it was created and who created it, and this is similar to the 'verifiable computational results' (VCR) concept proposed by Gavish and Donoho. Both accountable units and VCRs are version controlled, sharable, and can be incorporated into a collaborative project. However, accountable units use file hashes and do not involve watermarking or public repositories like VCRs. Reproducing collaborative work may be highly complex, requiring repeating computations on multiple systems from multiple authors; however, determining the provenance of each unit is simpler, requiring only a search using file hashes and version control systems.

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PMID30505573
PMCPMC6261481

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