Clarks file complaint with UW concerning possible manipulation of baby video data
Complaint provides evidence suggesting the discrepancies found in data were the result of manipulation not
computer "glitches."
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Clarks file complaint with UW Institutional Review Board concerning irregularities with 2007 baby video study
Complaint cites a list of irregularities, including the unapproved destruction of data,
and possible breaches of the study’s Oral Consent.
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Clarks file complaint with HHS concerning possible diversion of Federal research funds to baby video study
Complaint asks HHS and NIH to investigate the use of funds from NIMH grant no. KO1 MH06446-01A1 in the baby video
study and other irregularities found in the study’s execution and documentation.
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Raw data released under settlement does not match raw data previously released
in 2009. University blames computer "glitches".
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My goal from the beginning has been to have the data from UW’s baby video study
re-analyzed to confirm the researchers’ published results. When the University
refused to release the data in 2007, we wrote to The Journal of Pediatrics, National
Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation seeking their assistance in
gaining access to the data. Each declined, stating it was UW’s responsibility to
share data.
Two years later, we re-submitted our public records request to the University, this
time asking for records from both the 2007 baby video study and a 2004 study
by the same researchers that associated subsequent attentional in problems in
children with television viewing. Click to download the timeline and key docs
