In response to Marie's question " Now kids – how much would that report even weigh?"
**** 300 pounds, assuming the following: double sided printing of report use of 20 lb. copy/printer paper. This calculation excludes any binding/fasteners, etc. A ream (500 sheet) package of 20lb. copy/printer paper weighs 5 pounds. I divided 30,000 pages [assuming double sided printing] by 500 to get 60 reams of paper used in the report. Then I multiplied 60 by 5 to get 300 pounds. . On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I was particularly fascinated by the NY Times statement that a special > review board had produced a “60,000-page report” which had a 60-page > summary. Even with an examination of 100s of articles it is hard to imagine > how you could fill that many pages. Now kids – how much would that report > even weigh?**** > > Marie**** > > ** ** > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology, Dickinson College**** > > Kaufman 168, Phone 717 245-1562**** > > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > ******************************************************** > > ** ** > > *From:* Michael Palij [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:11 AM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Cc:* Michael Palij > *Subject:* [tips] OH NO! Not the Wine Research!**** > > ** ** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > The NY Times has an article on the alleged research fraud > by Dipak K. Das of the University of Connecticut who reported > on the beneficial effects of drinking wine. The fraud is > extensive and affects 11 scientific journals. Here is the > NY Times article: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/science/fraud-charges-for-dipak-k-das-a-university-of-connecticut-researcher.html > > More detail, including quotes from UConn's press release on > the matter is available on "Retraction Watch" website; see: > > http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/uconn-resveratrol-researcher-dipak-das-fingered-in-sweeping-misconduct-case/ > > One thing that should be noted is the final paragraph of the > NY Times article which I quote here: > > |Dr. Das was a prolific publisher of research. His name > |appears on 588 articles listed in Google Scholar, though > |some may be by other researchers with the same name and > |initials. Most of the articles concern the effect of drugs > |on the heart, including 117 articles on resveratrol. > > There are a number of problems with using Google Scholar, > especially for (a) determining the number of articles a > researcher has published and (b) citation analysis. The > Thomson Reuters service "Web of Science" (WoS), originally > developed by the folks who created science/social > science/humanities citation indexes, allows one to identify > how many articles one has published (at least as represented > in its comprehensive database) and the number of citations > each article has. > > For Das, WoS lists him as having 124 articles, a mean citation > per article of 9.44, and an h number of 22. Excluding > self-citation, there are 998 citations of his research. > > So, Google Scholar inflates the number of articles that a > specific researcher has publishes (when I checked for > my pubs, GS provided multiple hits for a single article which > explain the article inflation). WoS will provide a conservative > estimate of the number of publications that a researcher has > because it does not include all possible journals in its > database (e.g., I have a pub in an obscure journal which > was not in the database but, when it was cited by another > researcher -- thanks David ;-) -- I pointed this out and > it is now included in WoS sometimes). WoS gives a better > estimate of the impact of Das's work but there probably > is still some "error" in it. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > **** > > ---**** > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected].**** > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=15265 > **** > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > **** > > or send a blank email to > leave-15265-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu** > ** > > **** > > **** > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13433.c7876d6b0f9d5461fd3e87c0d1e51e12&n=T&l=tips&o=15267 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-15267-13433.c7876d6b0f9d5461fd3e87c0d1e51...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > -- Dr. Julie A. 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