Scientists adjust models to avoid producing outlying results
Climate modellers are adjusting the control parameters and co-efficients in their models to avoid being an outlier, because outlying models have difficulty being funded.
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Anthropogenic Climate Change »Anthropogenic Climate Change
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Human impact on the Earth's climate? »Human impact on the Earth's climate?
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Case for significant anthropogenic forcing is clear »Case for significant anthropogenic forcing is clear
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Support from a large majority of scientists »Support from a large majority of scientists
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Scientists adjust models to avoid producing outlying results
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Is there evidence to suggest models are altered to get fewer outliers? »Is there evidence to suggest models are altered to get fewer outliers?
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Which models are considered to be unreliable due to model tweaking? »Which models are considered to be unreliable due to model tweaking?
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Need to be funded influences the behavior of climate modellers »Need to be funded influences the behavior of climate modellers
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Outlying models are less likely to be funded »Outlying models are less likely to be funded
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Peer-review provides high-level of assurance »Peer-review provides high-level of assurance
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Quality of models »Quality of models
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