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closeInterestingly enough...
Posted by SQLserver on 12 Jul 2009 at 14:07 GMT
A popular view propagated by the media
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005738#article1.body1.sec1.p2
The mainstream media jumped on the opportunity to decry scientists with the release of this paper.
Sources:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6425036.ece
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525197,00.html
http://www.wellsphere.com/copd-emphysema-article/scientists-admit-they-fake-data/707487
http://inghar2004.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/15/2932886-one-in-seven-scientists-say-colleagues-fake-data-times-online
RE: Interestingly enough...
haywardr replied to SQLserver on 23 Apr 2010 at 10:59 GMT
The media "have" jumped in this - and rightly so. If they are thorough, both fabricators and scientists should be concerned.
Many thanks for the article.