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Topic	The perfect crime: scientific fraud in America
Loud_Pipes 12/31/19 6:45:42 PM #13:	Esrac posted... Ok. Tl;dw. Someone started questioning where a professor got the numbers for several big studies. The studies cited a massive survey with a high response rate. They started questioning the professor on that survey data, but he kept dodging the question. Eventually they filed a formal complaint with the university, but the university squashed it by making sure it never got past the inquiry phase. Broke their own rules regarding unbiased panels by staffing the majority of the panel with the fraudster doctor's co-authors. Talks about universities in general covering up for bad studies to avoid bad publicity and because big studies make them look good and get them a lot of money. That is legitimately terrifying <cite>Loud_Pipes posted [p:932297688] in The perfec... [t:78286955]...</cite> <quote>Esrac posted... </cite> <quote>Ok. Tl;dw. Someone started questioning where a professor got the numbers for several big studies. The studies cited a massive survey with a high response rate. They started questioning the professor on that survey data, but he kept dodging the question. Eventually they filed a formal complaint with the university, but the university squashed it by making sure it never got past the inquiry phase. Broke their own rules regarding unbiased panels by staffing the majority of the panel with the fraudster doctor's co-authors. Talks about universities in general covering up for bad studies to avoid bad publicity and because big studies make them look good and get them a lot of money.</quote> That is legitimately terrifying </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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