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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
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Category: Academic integrity
When the evidence available to you is limited, it's probably better to draw the weak conclusion is supports rather than an overly strong one.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:57 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethical research
And what kind of empirical evidence could we get to answer the question?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 9:26 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Tribe of Science
Especially in student papers, plagiarism is an issue that it seems just won't go away. However, instructors cannot just give up and permit plagiarism without giving up most of their pedagogical goals and ideals. As tempting a behavior as...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:18 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
That post about how hard it is to clean up the scientific literature has spawned an interesting conversation in the comments. Perhaps predictably, the big points of contention seem to be how big a problem a few fraudulent papers in...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:33 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Tribe of Science
In the last post, we looked at a piece of research on how easy it is to clean up the scientific literature in the wake of retractions or corrections prompted by researcher misconduct in published articles. Not surprisingly, in...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:39 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Tribe of Science
Science is supposed to be a project centered on building a body of reliable knowledge about the universe and how various pieces of it work. This means that the researchers contributing to this body of knowledge -- for example,...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 9:15 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
MommyProf wonders whether some of the goings on in her department are ethical. She presents two cases. I'm going to look at them in reverse order. Case 2: Faculty member is tenure-track and he and I have collaborated on a...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:46 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Discuss the question of what counts (or should count) as accepted scientific practices without the annoying background noise of climate change denial.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:37 PM • 38 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Penn State's inquiry committee reports on allegations against Michael Mann, laying the ground for an investigation that may have broad implications for the practice of science in academia.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:53 PM • 42 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
I received an email from reader Doug Blank (who gave me permission to share it here and to identify him by name) about a perplexing situation: Janet, I thought I'd solicit your advice. Recently, I found an instance of parts...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:07 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
