title: Legal defenses to the use of data digits to identify fabricated data.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Edward P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011786:Quality Control; D011897:Random Allocation; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014481:United States; D018172:United States Office of Research Integrity