The Fight against Scientific Fraud
Feb. 1st, 2017 07:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylFascinating long read piece on the fight against scientific fraud in the Guardian.
Although the article title includes a reference to hi-tech methods, the text is far more about the motivations of those who choose to wage war against bad science, with a specific focus on a group of psychologists from Tilburg University whose origins lie in an investigation into one of their own: Diederik_Stapel, who was dean of social and behavioural sciences until it began to emerge that he was responsible for faking data.
Highly recommended.
Although the article title includes a reference to hi-tech methods, the text is far more about the motivations of those who choose to wage war against bad science, with a specific focus on a group of psychologists from Tilburg University whose origins lie in an investigation into one of their own: Diederik_Stapel, who was dean of social and behavioural sciences until it began to emerge that he was responsible for faking data.
Highly recommended.
