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Advantages and disadvantages of

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:46 am
by asimj1
As the list developed, we also incorporated a sheet with other lists of datasets. Imposing some structure was appropriate to avoid the problem of having thousands of small datasets in the main view, most of which would have no metadata and not be relevant to most users.

Our ad-hoc list is a simple, easy-to-use platform south korea rcs data with straightforward searching and matching.

On the downside, the list is not a comprehensive list of psychological datasets, and the metadata is incomplete. The flat structure of a spreadsheet also implies similar value between rows, but the entries vary hugely in quality and sample size. A big disadvantage of our list (and most datasets) is not being machine-readable. See the exciting Psych-DS project on that topic.

Recognition and impact
The list has its own DOI and in personal communication researchers have expressed their positive feedback and intention to cite the resource. I don’t have a record of page views or usage, but anytime I open the document there are multiple other users present, suggesting wide use across this past year.