Rooting out scientific corruption
By Paul Driessen October 1, 2018
Rooting out scientific corruption
Dr. Brian Wansink recently resigned from his position as Columbia University professor, eating behavior researcher and director of the Cornell “food lab.†A faculty investigation found that he had misreported research data, failed to preserve data and results properly, and employed dubious statistical techniques.
A fellow faculty member accused him of “serious research misconduct: either outright fraud by people in the lab, or such monumental sloppiness that data are entirely disconnected from context.†Among other things, Wansink had used cherry-picked data and multiple statistical analyses to get results that confirmed his hypotheses. His papers were published in peer-reviewed journals and used widely in designing eating and dieting programs, even though other researchers could not reproduce his results.
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