Siraji Mushfiqul Anwar, Rahman Munia
Department of Psychology, Jeffery Cheah School of Medicine and Health Science, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan 47500, Malaysia.
Department of History and Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Clocks Sleep. 2023 Dec 20;6(1):1-10. doi: 10.3390/clockssleep6010001.
Achieving research reproducibility is a precarious aspect of scientific practice. However, many studies across disciplines fail to be fully reproduced due to inadequate dissemination methods. Traditional publication practices often fail to provide a comprehensive description of the research context and procedures, hindering reproducibility. To address these challenges, this article presents a tutorial on reproducible research using the R programming language. The tutorial aims to equip researchers, including those with limited coding knowledge, with the necessary skills to enhance reproducibility in their work. It covers three essential components: version control using Git, dynamic document creation using rmarkdown, and managing R package dependencies with renv. The tutorial also provides insights into sharing reproducible research and offers specific considerations for the field of sleep and chronobiology research. By following the tutorial, researchers can adopt practices that enhance the transparency, rigor, and replicability of their work, contributing to a culture of reproducible research and advancing scientific knowledge.
实现研究的可重复性是科学实践中一个不稳定的方面。然而，由于传播方法不足，许多跨学科研究未能得到完全重现。传统的出版方式往往未能全面描述研究背景和程序，从而阻碍了可重复性。为应对这些挑战，本文介绍了一个使用R编程语言进行可重复性研究的教程。该教程旨在使研究人员，包括那些编码知识有限的人员，具备提高其工作可重复性所需的技能。它涵盖三个基本组成部分：使用Git进行版本控制、使用R Markdown创建动态文档以及使用renv管理R包依赖项。该教程还提供了关于分享可重复性研究的见解，并针对睡眠和生物钟学研究领域给出了具体考量。通过遵循该教程，研究人员可以采用提高其工作透明度、严谨性和可复制性的做法，为可重复性研究文化做出贡献并推动科学知识的进步。
