A recent study on the relationship between serious illnesses and divorce found that the risk increases when wives experience heart problems, but not when men do. However, the original conclusions were found to be flawed due to a coding error, discovered by colleagues. The error was promptly acknowledged and corrected by the authors, Amelia Karraker and Kenzie Latham, who have taken full responsibility for the mistake. The revised analysis still shows a correlation between wives’ illnesses and divorce, demonstrating the importance of transparency and openness in scientific research. The study will be republished with the corrected data in the upcoming issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, after being retracted from its initial publication.
https://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/21/to-our-horror-widely-reported-study-suggesting-divorce-is-more-likely-when-wives-fall-ill-gets-axed/