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How to Track the Impact of Research Data
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Discuss limitations of impact/metrics at the start #10

Closed alex-ball closed 9 years ago

alex-ball commented 9 years ago

(Suggested by Linda Naughton and David Kernohan)

Many of the points made in the issues section 'Immaturity of the area' should be made instead in 'Impact measurement concepts'.

DK: "Really would like to see a para setting out that no metric is a reliable measure of impact as broadly defined here, and that each will have strengths and weaknesses that need to be accounted for in using derived data for decision making."