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Regardless of whether you believe that he did research on human subjects without IRB approval, the man intentionally submitted for publication research he knew
by bigbillheck 5y ago
Regardless of whether you believe that he did research on human subjects without IRB approval, the man intentionally submitted for publication research he knew was false : https://psuvanguard.com/research-misconduct-findings-for-hoax-articles-prompt-disciplinary-review/ https://psuvanguard.com/research-misconduct-findings-for-hoa...
>>> [Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies] McLellan stated in a Nov. 27 letter to Boghossian, “The Committee unanimously agreed that the ‘dog park’ article represents an unambiguous example of research data fabrication.”
Doing a little digging, he also appears to have a EdD instead of a PhD: https://pdx.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2017-2018/Bulletin/Directories/Academic-Faculty/College-of-Liberal-Arts-and-Sciences/Department-of-Philosophy https://pdx.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2017-2018/Bulletin/Directo...
The thing that really stands out to me is he got it from PSU, and I'm wondering what the backstory was that led PSU to hire him back, six years later, in a different department (and college).
- elefanten 5y agoHe did it to show lax-to-nonexistent standards in review. The committee’s finding is damning of the journals, not him.
- bigbillheck 5y agoEthics in research is ethics in research, you can't say it doesn't matter when it's results you like.