Morning thought: should we get undergrads to publish their projects on @biorxivpreprint @PsyArXiv ?
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My opinion is that it's a good idea when/if the project is well-written up and the student and advisor are confident in the work.
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Undergrads are still learning and sometimes learning means getting stuff wrong and making mistakes. Nobody wants their first attempt at
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science to be a preprint that's too immature, etc. Bad first experiences can be very upsetting.
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true! I can see that if someone puts their stuff out there and makes mistakes and a lot of criticism for it, could be a massive turn-off
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so it's only a good idea if the supervisor takes responsibility for vetting the work (which is a lot to ask, but would be great mentorship)
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To be honest, I'm not sure if it's a lot to ask. Their name will be on it! If both parties want to go this route it seems it's the advisor's
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responsibility to ensure they have trained their student well and the work is quality.
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i would not want to guarantee the correctness of student analyses. msc students are not mini phds. but it would be good for replications.
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