Methods for reproducible and open science

Knowledge

Upon completion of the course, a student should know:

• The importance of reproducible and open methods in science
• The main causes of non-reproducible research
• Understand how questionable research practices can result in non-reproducible work
• Understand how pre-registration can help to avoid questionable research practices
• How to find and reuse published data

Skills

Upon completion of the course, a student should be able to:

• Use version control to manage their code and data
• Use the targets pipeline tool to manage their analyses
• Write a reproducible analysis
• Review code
• Develop an R package

General competence

Upon completion of the course, a student should:

• Be able to work reproducibly

Spring.

This course has a limited capacity, enrolment is based on application. The application deadline is Wednesday in week 2 for the spring semester. Please see this page for more information. You will receive confirmation of whether you received a seat in Studentweb no later than Monday the week after the deadline.

It is compulsory to attend the first lecture/orientation meeting, or you risk losing your seat. If you are unable to attend the first lecture, you must contact the Study Section (studie.bio@uib.no). The time of the first lecture/orientation meeting can be found in the schedule on the course website or on Mitt UiB.