"The greater the financial and other interests and prejudices in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true. The hotter a scientific field (with more scientific teams involved), the less likely the research findings are to be true." - John Ionnides [link]
| resources | |
| Pathological science - I. Langmuir | |
| A general theory of pathological science | |
| Why most published research findings are false. | |
| Microparadigms & collective reasoning |
Schedule,
topics
& reading (links) - tentative
| Date | Topic |
| 24 August | socioeconomics of science: [read][read] |
| 31 August (5PM) | mentoring: PIs, students & departments [read] [read reshuffling] |
| 7 September | no class |
| 14 September | determining authorship & coping with [read] [read peer review] [optional: a guide] |
| 21 September | animals: ethical issues - Al Petkus |
| 28 September | class cancelled due to tenure seminar |
| 5 October |
plagarism (and its detection) |
| 12 October | what is fraud? [read] [read authorship: a window into scientific fraud] |
| 19 October | science in the private sector - Larry Gold |
| 26 October | Class cancelled for faculty meeting |
| 2 November | intellectual property - Kate Tallman |
| 9 November | research, integrity, disinterest, and promises |
| 16 November | human subjects - Bob Garcea |
| 23 November | thanksgiving week - no class |
| 30 November | the researcher' responsibility in teaching [read] |
| 7 December | the ethics social!!! |
