Citing irregularities on the part of his colleague, a prominent Columbia University professor has asked Science magazine to retract a study he co-authored last year about the ability of openly gay canvassers to shift voters’ views toward support for same-sex marriage.
Donald Green, who teaches political science at Columbia, requested
the retraction Tuesday after the integrity of the data was called into
question by two graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, who tried to launch a similar study.
“I am deeply embarrassed by this turn of events and apologize to the
editors, reviewer, and readers of Science,” Green wrote in memo to Science magazine.
He said his co-author, UCLA graduate assistant Michael LaCour, had
been unable to produce the raw data that purportedly was used to come up
with the study’s findings. According to Green, LaCour said he
accidentally deleted the data in question, which pertained to an online
survey of voters targeted by the canvassers.
Professor retracts study on same-sex marriage opinions following false data allegations – LGBTQ Nation
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