Detecting scientific fraud

[NHE]

Stanford researchers uncover patterns in how scientists lie about their data

When scientists falsify data, they try to cover it up by writing differently in their published works. A pair of Stanford researchers have devised a way of identifying these written clues.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/nove ... 11615.html

[MSbro]

Stanford researchers uncover patterns in how scientists lie about their data

When scientists falsify data, they try to cover it up by writing differently in their published works. A pair of Stanford researchers have devised a way of identifying these written clues.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/nove ... 11615.html

Makes you wonder if any of the thousands of research projects involving MS medications and general information fall in this category. MS drugs are a multi-billion dollar industry and the thought of increasing your revenue with a few bits of false info could be very tempting.