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Autores principales: Gordon, Sanford C., Samii, Cyrus, Su, Zhihao
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Publicado: 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14651
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author Gordon, Sanford C.
Samii, Cyrus
Su, Zhihao
author_facet Gordon, Sanford C.
Samii, Cyrus
Su, Zhihao
contents To safeguard against data fabrication and enhance trust in quantitative social science, we present Data Non-Manipulation Authentication Digest (Data-NoMAD). Data-NoMAD is a tool that allows researchers to certify, and others to verify, that a dataset has not been inappropriately manipulated between the point of data collection and the point at which a replication archive is made publicly available. Data-NoMAD creates and stores a column hash digest of a raw dataset upon initial download from a survey platform (the current version works with Qualtrics and SurveyCTO), but before it is subject to appropriate manipulations such as anonymity-preserving redactions. Data-NoMAD can later be used to verify the integrity of a publicly archived dataset by identifying columns that have been deleted, added, or altered. Data-NoMAD complements existing efforts at ensuring research integrity and integrates seamlessly with extant replication practices.
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spellingShingle Data-NoMAD: A Tool for Boosting Confidence in the Integrity of Social Science Survey Data
Gordon, Sanford C.
Samii, Cyrus
Su, Zhihao
Cryptography and Security
E.1; E.2
To safeguard against data fabrication and enhance trust in quantitative social science, we present Data Non-Manipulation Authentication Digest (Data-NoMAD). Data-NoMAD is a tool that allows researchers to certify, and others to verify, that a dataset has not been inappropriately manipulated between the point of data collection and the point at which a replication archive is made publicly available. Data-NoMAD creates and stores a column hash digest of a raw dataset upon initial download from a survey platform (the current version works with Qualtrics and SurveyCTO), but before it is subject to appropriate manipulations such as anonymity-preserving redactions. Data-NoMAD can later be used to verify the integrity of a publicly archived dataset by identifying columns that have been deleted, added, or altered. Data-NoMAD complements existing efforts at ensuring research integrity and integrates seamlessly with extant replication practices.
title Data-NoMAD: A Tool for Boosting Confidence in the Integrity of Social Science Survey Data
topic Cryptography and Security
E.1; E.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14651