Data Selection and Responsible Conduct: Was Millikan a Fraud?
This paper addresses a problem in reporting scientific research. The problem is how to distinguish between justifiable and unjustifiable data selection. Robert Millikan is notorious for an infamous remark that he used all his data when in fact he had used a selection. On this basis he has been accus...
| Publicado en: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 639 - 654 |
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Oct2004
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