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1. An example of a high-profile data fabrication includes the recent scandal centering around analysis of the effectiveness of Gay Rights Canvassing (LaCour and Green Citation2014) that, after much national attention, was retracted after being discovered by someone outside the peer-review process (Konnikova, Citation2015). An example of a data mistake from another discipline includes the now infamous finding by prominent economists that high levels of government debt lead to negative economic growth. The mistake was caught by a graduate student trying to replicate the finding (Alexander Citation2013). Finally, recent concerns in political science (Lupia and Elman Citation2014) and psychology (Open Science Collaboration Citation2015) over low rates of replicability also feed into a greater fixation on transparency and replicability.
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Benjamin C. Carbonetti
Benjamin C. Carbonetti is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science and Human Rights at Trinity College where he teaches on international human rights law, civil conflict, international relations, and global environmental politics. His work has appeared in Human Rights Quarterly, The International Journal of Human Rights, Marine Policy, and The Social Science Journal.