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Why is citing primary data important?<\/strong><\/p>\n Because linguistics is a data-driven social science. The questions we ask and the conclusions we draw come from the generation and investigation of information from human cognition and social structures. As a data-driven science, we have a responsibility to make our research reproducible to allow others to find and use our data in order to test our findings and build upon our work. This means we need to find ways to make our data available and preserve it for long-term use by future generations of researchers. In order to achieve these aims, we must facilitate the sharing and citation of data and create pathways for researchers to receive proper credit for their work.<\/p>\n How does sharing my data benefit me?<\/strong><\/p>\n Making your data available and accessible allows others to see your work and recognize your contributions. Furthermore, it helps us all build a culture of scientific openness and progress. That\u2019s exactly what we need to create changes in our field and make sure that people start getting recognized, hired, and promoted for generating data and making data accessible and usable for others. This thinking has the support of the LSA, which has issued two resolutions recognizing the scholarly value of linguistic datasets. Together, they support the recognition of datasets as \u201cscholarly contributions to be given weight in the awarding of advanced degrees and in decisions on hiring, tenure, and promotion of faculty.\u201d By sharing your data, you become part of the movement to ensure researchers can credit others and receive credit for their own work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n How does this relate to ethics? We have an ethical responsibility to cite data and share data. Look no further than the LSA\u2019s Code of Ethics (linguisticsociety.org\/resource\/ethics), which says linguists should \u201ccarefully cite the original sources of ideas, descriptions, and data\u201d and that \u201clinguists should make the results of their research available to the general public\u201d. Our discipline and the reputations of researchers depend upon academic integrity, and we have a responsibility to share the results of science with the world outside the academy.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not just the LSA who thinks this. You see the same sentiments coming from organizations like the International Council of Scientific Unions. In fact, other sciences are already ahead of linguistics when it comes to data citation and attribution. We\u2019re just asking linguists to build upon what the LSA and other scientific organizations have already confirmed as ethical imperatives. Let\u2019s incentivize linguists to make their data available for others to use, and in turn, let\u2019s create mechanisms for other linguists to use that data and make sure the original researcher receives credit for it. That is the way we make scientific progress and advance the field.<\/p>\n What if my data set isn’t ready to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n Nobody ever feels like their data are perfect, but we can\u2019t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. There\u2019s always more refining to do. There\u2019s always a better way to present information. That\u2019s science, and we should try to create a culture of openness and moving forward together.<\/p>\n How can I keep from getting scooped?<\/strong><\/p>\n The short answer is that you can never scoop-proof your shared data, but the good news is that this rarely ever happens. It\u2019s something we all fear, but this fear almost never comes true. The even-better news: If we put in place the right kinds of data citation and attribution pathways, researchers will get more credit and greater rewards for contributing their data to enable further work by others. We foresee a change toward incentivizing more open collaboration and sharing rather than data isolationism.<\/p>\n Where can I get more information?<\/strong><\/p>\n Join the discussion through the Research Data Alliance Linguistics Data Interest Group<\/a>. Read<\/a> and endorse<\/a> the Austin Principles of Data Citation in Linguistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n What if I have questions that aren’t answered here?<\/strong><\/p>\n Please also check our page of definitions<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Linguistics Data Interest Group are here to help linguists think about data. Email\u00a0lingdata@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n These questions and answers drawn from:<\/p>\n Henke, Ryan E., Meagan Dailey & Kavon Hooshiar. 2017. 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