Earlier this week, we reported on retractions six and seven , in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, for Lawrence Sanna, the former University of Michigan psychologist who resigned last May after questions were raised about his work. Retraction eight has now appeared, also in the JESP. Here’s the notice for “When thoughts don’t feel … Continue reading Retraction eight appears for social psychologist Lawrence Sanna
Three new retractions — two of papers by Lawrence Sanna and one of work by Dirk Smeesters — have appeared in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. The retractions come along with a hard-hitting piece by the journal’s editor. In a tough soul-searching editorial called “On Fraud, Deceit, and Ethics” (unfortunately only available behind a paywall), … Continue reading “Fraud committed by any social psychologist diminishes all social psychologists”: New Sanna, Smeesters retractions
The journal Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice is retracting a 2003 paper by psychologist Lawrence Sanna, who appears to have been fabricating his data. Sanna’s work, Retraction Watch readers may recall, came under the scrutiny of Uri Simonsohn, who also investigated Dirk Smeesters’ research. Here’s the notice, which offers an impressive amount of back … Continue reading “Invalid data” prompt retraction of another paper from psychologist Sanna
In April 2011, we praised Psychological Science for its handling of a retraction. At the time, we went as far as to call the retraction notice a “model” of transparency for other journals to follow. Well, they evidently took that compliment seriously, according to a new retraction notice for a paper by Lawrence Sanna. Sanna … Continue reading Psychological Science retracts a Sanna paper, citing lawyers, COPE…and Retraction Watch
Last month, we reported on a retraction in Judgment and Decision Making that said “problems were discovered with the data.” At the time, corresponding author Wen-Bin Chiou, of National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, told us that a research assistant who had since left the lab hadn’t kept questionnaires used in the research, making replication … Continue reading Real problems with retracted shame and money paper revealed
It’s not often that wade into retractions in the mainstream media on this blog, but in this case, we’ll make an exception. As Politico and Poynter — and probably others — have reported, CNN has retracted a story about a yet-to-be-published study in Psychological Science claiming to find a link between estrogen and elections (disclosure: … Continue reading Psychological Science in the news again: CNN retracts story on hormone-voting link
A paper by Dirk Smeesters — the former Erasmus University social psychology professor investigated for serious irregularities in his work — has been retracted. The study, “Visual perspective influences the use of metacognitive information in temporal comparisons,” appeared in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology earlier this year. Here’s the notice, which doesn’t quite … Continue reading Retraction appears for paper by social psychologist Dirk Smeesters
A second psychology researcher has resigned after statistical scrutiny of his papers by another psychologist revealed data that was too good to be true. Ed Yong, writing in Nature, reports that Lawrence Sanna, most recently of the University of Michigan, left his post at the end of May. That was several months after Uri Simonsohn, … Continue reading University of Michigan psychologist resigns following concerns by statistical sleuth Simonsohn: Nature