Ottawa Mike
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There seems to be a lot of concern of scientific research misconduct in the UK, especially in the medical field.
"... a BMJ survey of 2,782 doctors and medical academics showed that 13% claimed to have firsthand knowledge of "inappropriately adjusting, excluding, altering or fabricating data". Six per cent said that they were aware of cases of possible research misconduct at their institutions that they thought had not been properly investigated."
http://www.nature.com/news/british-science-needs-integrity-overhaul-1.9803
And while that article is mainly about the medical field Elizabeth Wager, chairwoman of the international Committee on Publication Ethics, "...added that although the concern is being driven mainly by medical researchers, their worries apply to other scientific fields."
I haven't heard of anything like this in climate science. Although the recent Climategate emails suggested otherwise, several inquiries cleared climate science of any misconduct.
How likely is it that there has been no misconduct in climate science, especially at the University of East Anglia which was the epicenter of the Climategate scandal? I mean, to me, those are staggering numbers for a field of science as important as medical research. Is it possible that it's 0% for climate science?
"... a BMJ survey of 2,782 doctors and medical academics showed that 13% claimed to have firsthand knowledge of "inappropriately adjusting, excluding, altering or fabricating data". Six per cent said that they were aware of cases of possible research misconduct at their institutions that they thought had not been properly investigated."
http://www.nature.com/news/british-science-needs-integrity-overhaul-1.9803
And while that article is mainly about the medical field Elizabeth Wager, chairwoman of the international Committee on Publication Ethics, "...added that although the concern is being driven mainly by medical researchers, their worries apply to other scientific fields."
I haven't heard of anything like this in climate science. Although the recent Climategate emails suggested otherwise, several inquiries cleared climate science of any misconduct.
How likely is it that there has been no misconduct in climate science, especially at the University of East Anglia which was the epicenter of the Climategate scandal? I mean, to me, those are staggering numbers for a field of science as important as medical research. Is it possible that it's 0% for climate science?