Tuesday, July 12, 2005
don't believe everything you read
in science journals, at least. from world of psychology, a survey of researchers for the national institutes of health:
update: on a related note, amanda dissects a meta-study on the reliability of well-cited studies and other misinterpretations of science.
Although less than 2 per cent owned up to fraud, falsification or plagiarism, less serious misdeeds were widespread: 15.5 per cent admitted changing the design, methodology or results of a study to suit a sponsor, and 6 per cent admitted suppressing data. More than a quarter owned up to inadequate record keeping, and 10 per cent confessed to inappropriately giving credit to an author (Nature, vol 435, p 737).read on.
update: on a related note, amanda dissects a meta-study on the reliability of well-cited studies and other misinterpretations of science.
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