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Retractions

Retraction Watch
A blog tracking retractions in the scientific literature. Includes a searchable list of retractions with detailed explanations and descriptions.
Science publishing: the trouble with retractions
Paper on the complex problems associated with retracting research papers. (Nature, 2011)
As A Major Retraction Shows, We’re All Vulnerable To Faked Data
Article about the voter poll discussed in the two This American Life pieces above. (FiveThirtyEight, 2016)

Case in point:

This American Life, a popular National Public Radio show and podcast featured an entire episode to a research study that was later found to be based on falsified data. Below are links to the original radio show, the printed story about the retraction, and the follow-up radio show with the discussion of the whole mess.

The Incredible Rarity of Changing Your Mind
Podcast: The first in a two part (retracted) series of stories about a now debunked poll that claimed to have changed voter's minds about legalizing gay marriage. (This American Life, 2015)
Episode 555 has been retracted
Article about the reasons for retracting the original story about the voter poll. (This American Life, 2015)
For Your Reconsideration
Podcast: Follow-up to the retracted voter poll story examining why and how it was retracted. (This American Life, 2016)

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