Open source, open science, and the replication crisis in HCI

Florian Echtler, Maximilian Häußler

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Abstract

The open-source model of software development is an established and widely used method that has been making inroads into several scientific disciplines which use software, thereby also helping much-needed efforts at replication of scientific results. However, our own discipline of HCI does not seem to follow this trend so far. We analyze the entire body of papers from CHI 2016 and CHI 2017 regarding open-source releases, and compare our results with the discipline of bioinformatics. Based on our comparison, we suggest future directions for publication practices in HCI in order to improve scientific rigor and replicability.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems : Engage with CHI
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date20 Apr 2018
Article numberalt02
ISBN (Electronic)9781450356206, 9781450356213
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2018 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 21 Apr 201826 Apr 2018

Conference

Conference2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2018
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period21/04/201826/04/2018
SponsorACM SIGCHI
SeriesConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume2018-April

Keywords

  • HCI
  • Open science
  • Open source
  • Replication

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