Science is driven by the exchange of information and knowledge. A recent study demonstrated that only 26% of studies published in the journal Science could be reproduced (see Stodden et al. 2018). This was even more striking given that the study was conducted after Science had instituted its open data policy. Luckily, advances in open-source computer languages, such as R, provide a way to produce computations that can more easily document scientific research in a transparent, easily shared way.
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