A tragedy of errors

  • Allison, David B.
  • Brown, Andrew W.
  • George, Brandon J.
  • Kaiser, Kathryn A.

  • 1David B. Allisonis a distinguished professor in the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

    2Andrew W. Brownis a scientist in the Office of Energetics and the Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

    3Brandon J. Georgeis a statistician in the Office of Energetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

    4Kathryn A. Kaiseris an instructor in the Office of Energetics and the Nutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

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Published online 3 February 2016

Nature 530(7588):p 27-29, February 4, 2016. | DOI: 10.1038/530027a

Mistakes in peer-reviewed papers are easy to find but hard to fix, report David B. Allison and colleagues.

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