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by Joel_Mckay 758 days ago
With data quality standards, research ethics, and random audits.

https://mchankins.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/still-not-signifi...

The primary issue is circular references in citation, and non-cascaded retractions for known errata.

Typically thesis work tends to be reproducible most of the time, but around 12% to 17% of the hundreds of papers I read every month were nongeneralizable or worse outright BS.

It can be really disillusioning for many students...

Now I eat cheese goldfish crackers, and no longer care either way. Have a wonderful day =3