So, another investigation says there was no misconduct revealed by the stolen East Anglia emails on which the right's "climategate" myth was based.
This time it's the "hockey stick graph" researcher, Michael Mann.
http://www.nsf.gov/oig/search/A09120086.pdf
In this case, the investigation was based on the right's claim that Mann fabricated the data used to create the "hockey stick" graph.
The Inspector General of the National Science Foundation says they found no evidence to support that claim.
Quote:
The research in question was originally completed over 10 years ago. Although the Subject's data is
still available and still the focus of significant critical examination, no direct evidence has been
presented that indicates the Subject fabricated the raw data he used for his research or falsified his
results. Much of the current debate focuses on the viability of the statistical procedures he eniployed,
the statistics used to confirm the accuracy of the results, and the degree to which one specific set of
data impacts the statistical results. These concerns are all appropriate for scientific debate and to
assist the research community in directing future research efforts to improve understanding in this field
of research. Such scientific debate is ongoing but does not, in itself, constitute evidence of research
misconduct.
Lacking any direct evidence of research misconduct, as defined under the NSF Research Misconduct
Regulation, we are closing this investigation with no further action.
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