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Northwestern University Law Review Mea Culpa

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December 26, 2011

Northwestern University Law Review Mea Culpa

NorthwesternThe current issue of the Northwestern University Law Review contains a remarkable "clarification" regarding Katherine Y. Barnes (Arizona), Is Affirmative Action Responsible for the Achievement Gap Between Black and White Law Students, 101 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1759 (2007), which disputed the "mismatch" theory proposed by Richard H. Sander (UCLA) in?A Systemic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools, 57 Stan. L. Rev. 367 (2004):

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What is the norm for US law reviews? If a scholar publishes an empirical piece, is the data and the computer code released to the public, so that replication can be attempted? If not, why not?

Are there any significant studies of affirmative action as to which the date and program have not been fully released to the public for replication? If so, what studies?

Posted by: person | Dec 26, 2011 7:37:59 PM

I hope Arizona considers revoking her tenure. This is as bad as it gets in academia -- forging results. She may claim that there is another explanation but there is nothing to back that up. The facts are that any number of precautions could have prevented this error and she didn't take any of them.

Stephen Glass is smirking at this mea culpa.

Posted by: John | Dec 26, 2011 8:21:39 PM

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