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Letter: Research wrongs

Published 1 October 2014

From Joseph Doran

Smith asserts that universities and other employers of researchers are not very good at gathering and weighing evidence. Since this seems to be a good part of the scientific method, perhaps that is why these institutions so often produce the dodgy papers that he is concerned about.
Spring, Texas, US

Issue no. 2989 published 4 October 2014

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