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Computational Reproducibility via Containers in Psychology

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Clyburne-Sherin, April, Fei, Xu, Green, Seth Ariel·2019·Meta-Psychology

Abstract

Scientific progress relies on the replication and reuse of research. Recent studies suggest, however, that sharing code and data does not suffice for computational reproducibility —defined as the ability of researchers to reproduce “par- ticular analysis outcomes from the same data set using the same code and software” (Fidler and Wilcox, 2018). To date, creating long-term computationally reproducible code has been technically challenging and time-consuming. This tutorial introduces Code Ocean, a cloud-based computational reproducibility platform that attempts to solve these problems. It does this by adapting software engineering tools, such as Docker, for easier use by scientists and scientific audiences. In this article, we first outline arguments for the importance of computational reproducibility, as well as some reasons why this is a nontrivial problem for researchers. We then provide a step-by-step guide to getting started with containers in research using Code Ocean. (Disclaimer: the authors all worked for Code Ocean at the time of this article’s writing.)

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Authors
Clyburne-Sherin, A., Fei, X., & Green, S. A.
Venue
Meta-Psychology
Published
2019-11-12
Volume
3
ISSN
2003-2714 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2984916588
Cited by
69
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2
FWCI
10.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Meta-Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Keywords
computational reproducibility, containers, Docker, research reproducibility, psychology research

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