“Publish and Perish: Scientific Fraud on the Rise,” by American Council on Science and Health
ACSH often reports on junk studies that employ dubious statistical methods — including our favorites: GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) and “data-dredging” — in order to produce valid-appearing studies crafted to yield predetermined results. But it seems like some researchers are actually engaging in not just junk science, but conscious fraud. Read the full article in ACSH Dispatch.
Fraud Science on the Rise
October 3, 2012
