ANS 4932 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Andrew Wakefield
12 Apr 2016
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All research is suscepible to error: to err, is to be human. old proverb. You are pushing the boundaries in science: errors are part of the risk, you are developing new ideas, techniques, and products. A mistake is an honest error that is unintenional: however, researchers have an obligaion to ensure their experiments are as accurate as possible, use developed methods and pracices to minimize errors. Types of mistakes: data collecion method is lawed, recording of the wrong data, instruments are not calibrated, interpretaion of results. Misconduct is the fabricaion, falsiicaion, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in the reporing of research results: fabricaing results. No experiments are conducted: falsifying results. Manipulaing data or experiments to produce desired results. Misconduct example: in 1998, andrew wakeield published in a top medical journal his claims that the. Mmr vaccine cause auism in 2 out of 3 children.
