We included this interview in the library primarily as a heads-up about the release of this book.
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Retraction Watch (RW): Rigor Mortis begins with the story of the 2012 Nature paper by C. Glenn Begley and Lee Ellis that is now famous for sounding the alarm about reproducibility in basic cancer research. But as you document, this is not a problem that began in 2012. When did scientists first start realizing there was a problem?
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Richard Harris (RH): Some people cite John Ioannidis’s notable paper, published in 2005, titled “Why Most Published Research Findings are False,” but even in that paper he’s citing previous concerns. CK Gunsalus at the University of Illinois reaches back to Demosthenes (384-322 BC), who said “nothing is easier than self-deceit.” That’s clearly the nub of the problem. I’m actually not convinced it’s a crisis. What is new is scientists are increasingly aware of these serious problems. That’s actually good. Nobody wants science to spin its wheels, and recognizing a problem is the first step toward solving it.
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“Failure is an essential part of science:” A Q&A with the author of a new book on reproducibility – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | April 2017)
Posted by saviorteam in Research Integrity on April 24, 2017
Keywords: Fraud, International, News, Research integrity, Research results, Researcher responsibilities
Keywords: Fraud, International, News, Research integrity, Research results, Researcher responsibilities
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