the most spectacular scientific fraud in a generation

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Date	2015-06-06 12:29 -0700
From	The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, sci.math, alt.astronomy
Subject	the most spectacular scientific fraud in a generation

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Last year UCLA political science grad student and maybe soon-to-be
Princeton professor Michael LaCour released stunning findings from a
field trial on gay marriage called “When Contact Changes Minds.” He
found that a 20-minute conservation with a house-to-house canvasser
could convert huge numbers of opponents into supporters, at least if the
canvassers explained they were gay and told personal stories.

The study quickly became a media sensation, the most talked-about
poli-sci paper in years, and it led gay-rights activists including some
working on the Ireland referendum to retool their voter outreach.

The problem is that Mr. LaCour stands accused of faking everything from
start to finish. Ph.D. candidates at Berkeley David Broockman and Josh
Kalla tried but failed to replicate Mr. LaCour’s results. They then
noticed unusual statistical irregularities in Mr. LaCour’s survey panel.
He now says he pulled a Hillary Clinton and deleted his raw data. But
the canvassing firm he claimed to have employed has never heard of the
project—and there is no proof anyone was ever contacted, much less
changed their minds. 



"accused of faking everything from start to finish"

"unusual statistical irregularities" 




all you guys are a bunch of crooks...if you stand behind him.

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the most spectacular scientific fraud in a generation The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-06 12:29 -0700
  Re: the most spectacular scientific fraud in a generation The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-06 13:54 -0700
    Re: the most spectacular scientific fraud in a generation The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-06 14:06 -0700
    Re: the most spectacular scientific fraud in a generation "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 18:05 -0700
      Re: the most spectacular scientific fraud in a generation The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-07 00:07 -0700

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