Directions

Initial Post

Review the discussion resources linked: https://senseaboutscienceusa.org/what-can-statistics-tell-us-about-deflategate/, data misuse situation, and then discuss the following. Feel free to look up additional information about the case you pick, just make sure to reference it (and provide the link) in your discussion.

1. State the data misuse situation you picked and briefly summarize what happened.
2. Using the information you learned about in the previous discussions and assignments, do you think there are ways this data misuse situation could have been avoided? Explain.
3. Using the data misuse situation you chose, analyze the ethical consequences of research inaccuracies and assess how such inaccuracies might impact the scientific community's credibility and the public's trust in research findings.