onymous . ▁ ▁D iss ension ▁over ▁studies ▁▁ ▁The ▁Con cord ▁conclus ions ▁were ▁cont ested ▁in ▁a ▁follow - up ▁study ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁time ▁differences ▁monitoring ▁the ▁study ▁group ▁vs . ▁the ▁control ▁group , ▁and ▁differences ▁between ▁subjects ▁re - inc ar cer ated ▁for ▁par ole ▁viol ations ▁and ▁those ▁imprison ed ▁for ▁new ▁cr imes . ▁The ▁research ers ▁concluded ▁that ▁statist ically ▁only ▁a ▁slight ▁improvement ▁could ▁be ▁attributed ▁to ▁ps il ocy bin ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁significant ▁improvement ▁reported ▁by ▁Le ary ▁and ▁his ▁colle agues . ▁Rick ▁Dob lin ▁suggested ▁that ▁Le ary ▁had ▁fallen ▁pre y ▁to ▁the ▁H alo ▁Effect , ▁ske wing ▁the ▁results ▁and ▁clin ical ▁conclus ions . ▁Dob lin ▁further ▁accused ▁Le ary ▁of ▁lack ing ▁" a ▁higher ▁standard " ▁or ▁" high est ▁eth ical ▁standards ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁reg ain ▁the ▁trust ▁of ▁regul ators ". ▁Ralph ▁Met z ner ▁re bu ked ▁Dob lin ▁for ▁these ▁assert ions : ▁" In ▁my ▁opinion , ▁the ▁existing ▁accepted ▁standards ▁of ▁hon esty ▁and ▁truth ful ness ▁are ▁perfectly ▁ade qu ate . ▁We ▁have ▁those ▁standards , ▁not ▁to ▁cur ry ▁favor ▁with ▁regul ators , ▁but ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁agreement ▁within ▁the ▁scientific ▁community ▁that ▁observations ▁should ▁be ▁reported ▁accur ately ▁and ▁completely . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁proof ▁in ▁any ▁of ▁this ▁re - analysis ▁that ▁Le ary ▁un eth ically ▁manip ulated ▁his ▁data ." ▁ ▁Le ary ▁and ▁Al