The story is being carried by the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/health/research/noted-dutch-psychologist-stapel-accused-of-research-fraud.html?_r=2&hp . An interesting line from the article: "Also common is a self-serving statistical sloppiness. In an analysis published this year, Dr. Wicherts and Marjan Bakker, also at the University of Amsterdam, searched a random sample of 281 psychology papers for statistical errors. They found that about half of the papers in high-end journals contained some statistical error, and that about 15 percent of all papers had at least one error that changed a reported finding — almost always in opposition to the authors’ hypothesis." The above should not be all that surprising. Still, it's a little scary ... Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Benoit" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 9:32:09 PM Subject: [tips] Stapel's faking of social psychology data This story has been going on for a couple of days. Embarrassing: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21118-psychologist-admits-faking-data-in-dozens-of-studies.html Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=13855 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-13855-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=13867 or send a blank email to leave-13867-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
