Why Reshearch data is Untouchable

By Ginaldi Ari and haries Satyawardhana

The source of research data :

1. Download from Internet
2. Observation
3. Buy from other institution

1. Download from the Internet

The reason that research data is difficult to take, is based on the sources above. The reason based on the source of downloading are:
a. Is hard to to search the data, the data from internet is usually not fully describe.
b. Need a long period to download the data, because research data usually consist of a lot of storage.
c. Computer viruses threat is very much spread around the internet
d. Sometimes the internet connection is disable because of several reason such as malfunction, etc.

From the reason earlier we can assume that every researcher has the right not to share the data that he belongs, but we can oppose that reason with another explanation such as:

a. Download from internet is using government facility, so the data is belong to the government. And is yhe researcher duty to share the data to the government and also the society.
b. The data from the internet is basically open source, we do not need to spend money to download it.


.2. Observation

Observation is also had a lot of reason why the data is so difficult, such as:

a. The research take place in a remote area, and sometimes its difficult to get there
b. It needs a lot of energy to make an observation, we need a lot of preparation and extra resources
c. Usually observation cannot valid only in a day or two, researcher need several observation to find the characteristic.and then made an analysis.

The researcher also doesn’t have the right from the data that they had based on the observation, because :

a. The equipment that they need for preparation is basically from the institution, in other words the government.
b. If researcher want to travel, it include an official duty using a government fund.

4. Buy from other institution

The obstacle from this research data is :

a. Bureaucracy in Indonesia is very strong, the people involve take an advantage of it.
b. Sometimes the data that we get is not suitable from what we desire
c. It is clear that we need money to buy things, including data.
d. Sometimes the researcher need to go to the data source directly, eventhough it is outside of the java island

Is very rarely that the researcher it self who spend the money to bought the data. Usually it comes up from the government fund or other allocation fund that in yhe upper end is also come from the government.

In the conclusion, there is no reason that a researcher keep the data for him self.