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BBC Science Focus: A massive insect study may have made a huge mistake
BBC Science Focus Magazine · A massive insect study may have made a huge mistakeThe debate surrounding biodiversity loss highlights the fact that science is always a work in progress
"“The real question is, does it matter for the outcome of the analysis? I say it doesn’t,” says Van Klink. "The results wouldn’t be different if all of these tiny mistakes were weeded out or if a different selection of data were made."
Van Klink notes that not separating insects from invertebrates in the freshwater data collection was a choice his team made."
Excuse me? That's not a tiny mistake. It's an active, manipulative choice that would absolutely change the outcome of the study.