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As a graduate student in the life sciences, I was required to take a course on ethical conduct of science. This gave me the tools to find ethical solutions to c
by daughart 13y ago
As a graduate student in the life sciences, I was required to take a course on ethical conduct of science. This gave me the tools to find ethical solutions to complex issues like advisor relations, plagiarism, authorship, etc. We were also taught to keep good notes and use ethical data management practices - don't throw out data, use the proper tests, etc. Unfortunately, we weren't really taught how to do statistics "the right way." It seems like this is equally important to ethical conduct of science. Ignorance is no excuse for using bad statistical practices - it's still unethical. By the way, this is at (what is considered to be) one of the best academic institutions in the world.
- dbaupp 13y ago> Unfortunately, we weren't really taught how to do statistics "the right way." Learning the right way takes a lot of work, there's a lot of ways to analyse things, each one wrong/right in different situations. (Even teaching something as "simple" as the correct interpretation of a p-value is hard.)
- daughart 13y agoI'm sure it does, but they don't have a problem assigning other required classes, such as a one-hour-a-week communication of science class. One hour a week for a year is enough to cover a lot of material.