The document proposes an experiment to help data scientists understand ethical considerations in their research. The experiment would subject data scientists to experiments using their own data and methods under eight rules: requiring consent, targeting a random sample, using organization's customer data, publicly available tools and platforms, minimizing risk of discovery, publishing results, and consenting to be subjects in future experiments. It is signed by Studio D Radiodurans, a consultancy comfortable operating in challenging environments.

1. S T U D I O D R A D I O D U R A N S
A Data Scientist Experiment

2. A DATA SCIENTIST EXPERIMENT
Design an experiment or series of experiments to
help corporate data scientists better understand the
importance of ethical considerations in their own research.
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The data scientists are the subject of this experiment.

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The experiment has eight rules.

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Rule 1:
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The experiment requires data consent from the subjects
analogous to that which they obtain in their own research.
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Rule 2:
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The experiment will target a random sample from the cohort of
possible subjects.

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Rule 3:
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The experiment can utilise any data that the subject’s
organisation uses to experiment with its own customers.
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For example current location, audio feeds, photographs & social graph.

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Rule 4:
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The experiment will use publicly available services and tools,
including platforms adopted by the subjects themselves to
gather data and introduce stimuli.
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For example San Da Ha, Task Rabbit, Facebook, ZhuBaJie or Mechanical Turk.

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Rule 5:
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The research will not currently be illegal in the country where
the researcher and the subjects are based.

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Rule 6:
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The process will minimise the risk of discovery of the
experiment by the subjects and their wider social graph.

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Rule 7:
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The results will be published by the researchers.

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Rule 8:
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The researchers consent to being part of subsequent
experiments under these same eight rules.

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Background Reading
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50 Questions for Little Sister
Reflections on Google Glass
RedMat: A Design Experiment / Movie
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15. Studio D Radiodurans is a consultancy that is comfortable
operating in challenging environments. It is quite the art to
survive where others do not.
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We work with creative thinkers, designers, strategists and
data scientists.
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