Some blog readers may have been following the back-and-forth regarding an article that was withdrawn from from Science after allegations of falsified data. An author of that article who has been blamed for the incident is a UCLA grad student. The Daily Bruin has the latest iteration:
A UCLA graduate student accused of falsifying data in a study released a response Friday refuting a report by three researchers who found irregularities in the study. In the original study, Michael LaCour and his co-author, Columbia
University professor Donald Green, found evidence suggesting that
conversations with gay canvassers can change voter attitudes on same-sex
marriage. The study was published in the journal Science in December, and was retracted by the journal Thursday after a request by Green... LaCour released a 23-page response to their criticisms Friday that
included four claims against the researchers’ report. In the response,
LaCour claimed his study met the replication standard and followed
institutional policy in destroying the raw survey data... In the acknowledgements of his study, LaCour listed the Williams
Institute at UCLA School of Law as a funding source for his study.
Lauren Jow, a spokeswoman for the Williams Institute, said the institute
was not aware it was listed as a source and did not provide funding. In his response, LaCour said he did receive a grant offer from the
Williams Institute but did not accept the funds. LaCour admitted the
Ford Foundation grant, which he also listed as a funding source, did not
exist. "I take full responsibility for errors in the design, implementation
and data collection regarding the field experiments and panel survey
reported in LaCour and Green,” LaCour said in the report. “I also take
full responsibility and apologize for misrepresenting survey incentives
and funding in LaCour and Green." In an interview
with The New York Times, LaCour said he lied about his funding sources
because some colleagues doubted his work and he wanted to give more
credibility in his study.
Full story at http://dailybruin.com/2015/05/29/graduate-student-responds-to-allegations-of-falsifying-data-in-study/
The back-and-forth on the Science article has attracted both news coverage and editorial comment:
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0528-seife-scientific-research-process-20150528-story.html
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