From misconduct to bias, through the hierarchy of the sciences
Daniele Fanelli, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information, Université de Montréal
vendredi
28 mars 2014 De 12:30 à 14:00
Pavillon Paul-Gérin-Lajoie, UQAM
Salle N-8150
Résumé : How common is scientific fraud? What are the causes of research bias? Are these problems increasing? Which fields and countries are at greater risk? I will overview results that attempt to answer these questions. Anonymous surveys and statistical analyses of the literature support some hypotheses on the nature of scientific misconduct, but contradict other common beliefs. Publication biases are growing for most countries, but Canada seems to suffer fewer problems than, for example, the US. Various aspects of good and bad scientific practice correlate with a ranking of disciplines similar to that proposed over 150 years ago by philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1859), suggesting that a theory of what is “soft science” should be revived.
Link:
http://www.cirst.uqam.ca/fr-ca/activit%C3%A9s/calendrier.aspx#28mars