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Dutch Psychologist Faked Data In At Least 30 Scientific Papers

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-it-first-you-don't-succeed-make-it-up dept.

Attila Dimedici writes "A professor at Tilburg University has been caught using fake data in over 30 scientific papers. Diederik Stapel's latest paper claimed that eating meat made people anti-social and selfish. Other academics were skeptical of his findings and raised doubts about his research. Upon investigation it was discovered that he had invented the data he used in many of his papers and there is a question as to whether or not he used faked data in all of his published work."

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  1. Re:Sokal Affair by nedlohs · · Score: 0, Troll

    Which has absolutely nothing in common with the this so why is it obligatory?

  2. Re:Published in Science by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's the journal's own fault - they chose to publish *psychology* papers.

    Science is about provable results. Psychology, not so much.