Are these data real? Statistical methods for the detection of data fabrication in clinical trials
BMJPublished 28 July 2005Open access
Sanaa Al-Marzouki, Stephen Evans, Tom Marshall, Ian Roberts
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Several statistical features of the data from the dietary trial are so strongly suggestive of data fabrication that no other explanation is likely.
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Several statistical features of the data from the dietary trial are so strongly suggestive of data fabrication that no other explanation is likely.
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