PBS NewsHour

How did a fake study make it into Science magazine?

Clip: 05/29/2015 | 6m 12s

A study published in Science magazine suggested that attitudes toward same-sex marriage were more likely to be changed by face-to-face conversations with gay canvassers over straight ones. But now that study has been redacted, spurring questions about how scientific research is published. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch, who broke the story.

Aired: 05/29/15

Rating: NR

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