Playing with Data—Or How to Discourage Questionable Research Practices and Stimulate Researchers to Do Things Right
Abstract
Recent fraud cases in psychological and medical research have emphasized the need to pay attention to Questionable Research Practices (QRPs). Deliberate or not, QRPs usually have a deteriorating effect on the quality and the credibility of research results. QRPs must be revealed but prevention of QRPs is more important than detection. I suggest two policy measures that I expect to be effective in improving the quality of psychological research....
Paper Details
Title
Playing with Data—Or How to Discourage Questionable Research Practices and Stimulate Researchers to Do Things Right
Published Date
Mar 28, 2015
Journal
Volume
81
Issue
1
Pages
1 - 15
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