Questionable research practices in ecology and evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 We surveyed 807 researchers (494 ecologists and 313 evolutionary biologists) about their use of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs), including cherry picking statistically significant results, p hacking, and hypothesising after the results are known ...
Hannah Fraser +4 more
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Evidence of questionable research practices in clinical prediction models [PDF]
BMC Medicine, 2023 Background Clinical prediction models are widely used in health and medical research. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) is a frequently used estimate to describe the discriminatory ability of a clinical prediction model ...
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Investigating the links between questionable research practices, scientific norms and organisational culture [PDF]
Research Integrity and Peer ReviewBackground This study investigates the determinants of engagement in questionable research practices (QRPs), focusing on both individual-level factors (such as scholarly field, commitment to scientific norms, gender, contract type, and career stage) and ...
Robin Brooker, Nick Allum
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Psychology's Questionable Research Fundamentals (QRFs): Key problems in quantitative psychology and psychological measurement beyond Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyPsychology's crises (e.g., replicability, generalisability) are currently believed to derive from Questionable Research Practices (QRPs), thus scientific misconduct.
Jana Uher +14 more
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Questionable research practices among italian research psychologists. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 A survey in the United States revealed that an alarmingly large percentage of university psychologists admitted having used questionable research practices that can contaminate the research literature with false positive and biased findings. We conducted
Franca Agnoli +4 more
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Questionable Research Practices and Misconduct Among Norwegian Researchers. [PDF]
Sci Eng Ethics, 2021 AbstractThis article presents results from the national survey conducted in 2018 for the project Research Integrity in Norway (RINO). A total of 31,206 questionnaires were sent out to Norwegian researchers by e-mail, and 7291 responses were obtained.
Kaiser M +4 more
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Questionable research practices in competitive grant funding: A survey [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 There has been a surge of interest in research integrity over the last decade, with a wide range of studies investigating the prevalence of questionable research practices (QRPs).
Stijn Conix +3 more
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Factors associated with scientific misconduct and questionable research practices in health professions education [PDF]
Perspectives on Medical Education, 2019 Introduction Engaging in scientific misconduct and questionable research practices (QRPs) is a noted problem across fields, including health professions education (HPE).
Lauren Maggio +3 more
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Questionable research practices in engineering research
International Journal of Information Systems and Project ManagementMisconduct in science is often associated with data fabrication, data falsification, and plagiarism. However, other practices are far more frequent and prevalent.
Ana Alice Baptista, Filipe Pereira
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Questionable research practices of medical and dental faculty in Pakistan – a confession [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsPurpose Intellectual honesty and integrity are the cornerstones of conducting any form of research. Over the last few years, scholars have shown great concerns over questionable research practices (QRPs) in academia.
Ayesha Fahim +4 more
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