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Gay-canvasser study formally retracted
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Co-author disavows highly publicized study on public opinion and same-sex marriage
Gay-canvasser study formally retracted
By Sandhya Somashekhar May 28 at 3:36 PM
@sandhyawp
The journal Science has formally retracted a study published in December that had found that gay canvassers could change voters’ minds about same-sex marriage by striking up short, personal conversations.
In a retraction letter published online Thursday, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt said the paper’s main author, Michael J. LaCour, admitted through an attorney that he had not paid participants as he had originally claimed, and did not receive funding from the organizations he had named as sponsors. She also noted that independent researchers had found statistical irregularities.
“LaCour has not produced the original survey data from which someone else could independently confirm the validity of the reported findings,” she wrote.
LaCour did not consent to the retraction, according to McNutt. On his Web site, LaCour posted a statement that he will issue a response by Friday. He did not immediately respond to an e-mail.
@sandhyawp
The journal Science has formally retracted a study published in December that had found that gay canvassers could change voters’ minds about same-sex marriage by striking up short, personal conversations.
In a retraction letter published online Thursday, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt said the paper’s main author, Michael J. LaCour, admitted through an attorney that he had not paid participants as he had originally claimed, and did not receive funding from the organizations he had named as sponsors. She also noted that independent researchers had found statistical irregularities.
“LaCour has not produced the original survey data from which someone else could independently confirm the validity of the reported findings,” she wrote.
LaCour did not consent to the retraction, according to McNutt. On his Web site, LaCour posted a statement that he will issue a response by Friday. He did not immediately respond to an e-mail.
Study of views on gay marriage retracted by journal Science
By Kurtis Lee and Karen Kaplan
@kurtisalee
Times staff writer Monte Morin contributed to this story.
May 28, 2015, 1:45 PM
A high-profile study that purported to show that gay people could change skeptics' minds about same-sex marriage by talking to them for about 20 minutes on their doorsteps was retracted Thursday by the journal Science..
The move comes 10 days after one of the study's authors, Donald Green, a political science professor at Columbia University, accused the other of falsifying the data at the heart of the study.
Michael LaCour, the UCLA political science graduate student now in the hot seat, has acknowledged some wrongdoing but says he can defend his actions.
However, the editors of Science decided Thursday to move forward with a retraction, citing LaCour's misrepresentations and false statements and his inability to produce his data. ... LaCour, who has hired an attorney, said he would tell his side of the story on Friday.
@kurtisalee
Times staff writer Monte Morin contributed to this story.
May 28, 2015, 1:45 PM
A high-profile study that purported to show that gay people could change skeptics' minds about same-sex marriage by talking to them for about 20 minutes on their doorsteps was retracted Thursday by the journal Science..
The move comes 10 days after one of the study's authors, Donald Green, a political science professor at Columbia University, accused the other of falsifying the data at the heart of the study.
Michael LaCour, the UCLA political science graduate student now in the hot seat, has acknowledged some wrongdoing but says he can defend his actions.
However, the editors of Science decided Thursday to move forward with a retraction, citing LaCour's misrepresentations and false statements and his inability to produce his data. ... LaCour, who has hired an attorney, said he would tell his side of the story on Friday.
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