#falsified data

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KPMG Fined $50 Million for Using Stolen Data

KPMG LLP has agreed to pay a $50 million fine over allegations former staffers used stolen information to alter some of the accounting firm’s previous audit work and cheated on training exams, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday. KPMG admitted to the SEC’s allegations and agreed to hire an independent consultant to…

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Goodwill Industries Fined in Federal Fraud Case

Memphis Goodwill Industries, Inc. will pay $150,000 to the federal government to settle allegations that the company lied about how many hours disabled employees were working. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Memphis, Goodwill Industries was required by federal regulation to employ disabled people for 75% of its direct labor hours to qualify for…

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Consultant Settles Liability for Data Falsification

WASHINGTON — Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington announced that Julie Osnes and her company, Julie Osnes Consulting LLC (together “Osnes”), of Pierre, South Dakota, agreed to pay the United States $751,571 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing states to submit false quality…

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Oklahoma University Loses 'U.S. News' Ranking for False Data

OU Knowingly Exaggerated the Share of Alumni Who Donate U.S. News & World Report has stripped the University of Oklahoma of its ranking, citing incorrect information provided about alumni giving. The university told U.S. News that it has been supplying incorrect data since 1999. According to the magazine, the most recent report from Oklahoma claimed that its two-year rate of…

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[janersm]

I'm seriously more worried at this point about my family medicine chart being altered than I am about all the lab work. The negative strep test from March 26th was removed/changed to positive. (Its date was altered to April 7, which is when the second positive test was taken. It altered my chart summary from the March 26th appointment.) It seems sketchy.

[molecularbiologistproblems]

Molecular Biologist Tip! Fudging, fabricating, and omitting data are all things that happen more often than we'd like to believe. The publish or perish world is extremely stressful and can make us do things we don't want to just to keep our jobs, but it's never okay to publish falsified data! If you believe you have a true "outlier" or recording error in your data, use a statistical test to justify your data omission.

For those of you reading the literature, always challenge what you read. Science is never written law; it is a constantly evolving embodiment of knowledge. We are learning new things every day that disprove old theories. Discuss the literature with your peers! Science is a team effort!

[psychbuilder]

Science Faction: Why Most Scientific Research Results are Wrong

Bloggingheads.tv John Horgan and George Johnson discuss issues related to science Why most scientific research results are wrong? Is competition making fudged data more likely? Science is not a triumphal march Can academic publishing be reformed? Essential and inessential skills for young science writers The Big Bang and the case against falsifiability

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OSU prof falsified research results, probes find

Elton hit with work restrictions; he must seek retractions from journals By  Ben Sutherly The Columbus Dispatch Originally published December 22, 2012 An Ohio State University pharmacy professor has agreed to request retractions of much of his research after university and government officials found that he falsified data in six journal articles. As part of an agreement disclosed yesterday, Terry S. Elton said he will avoid contracting or subcontracting with any agency of the federal government for three years, or serving in any advisory capacity to the U.S. Public Health Service for three years. He will request that five of his scientific publications be retracted. Federal and university investigations found that Elton falsified data from Western blots, a standard laboratory technique used to detect proteins. Some of Elton’s research explored the brain functions of people with Down syndrome. The entire story is here.