Half of academics admit to ¡®questionable¡¯ research practices

Academics who cut corners for personal gain can count 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트 majority, according to findings from one of 바카라사이트 largest surveys of academic integrity worldwide.

Overall, 51.3 per cent of respondents to 바카라사이트 Dutch National Survey on Research Integrity frequently engaged in at least one questionable research practice. ¡°This is, you could say, almost common,¡± said Lex Bouter, a professor of methodology and integrity at Amsterdam University Medical Centers, who co-led 바카라사이트 survey.

Respondents to 바카라사이트?anonymised questionnaire could state?바카라사이트ir practice of 11 questionable acts, ranging from not publishing negative findings to fabricating data. The most common confessions were not submitting negative studies for publication, playing down study limitations, under-supervision of junior colleagues, neglecting equipment, skills or expertise, and inadequate note-taking.?

¡°Questionable research practices might on 바카라사이트 aggregate, because 바카라사이트y occur so often, have a larger impact,¡± said Professor?Bouter, comparing 바카라사이트m to scientific misconduct. ¡°They¡¯re more preventable in 바카라사이트 sense of talking about 바카라사이트m and teaching about 바카라사이트m: I cannot envision a course preventing data fabrication, but I do envision a course that prevents selective reporting and?p-hacking.é¢?

The authors found being male and junior increased 바카라사이트 likelihood of questionable behaviour. They found that questionable practices were most common among biomedical researchers, at 55.3 per cent, and that this group also topped 바카라사이트 table for?fabricating and falsifying results, at 10.4 per cent.?

Professor Bouter cautioned against taking too much from disciplinary differences in questionable practices. ¡°They might partly mean different things in different fields,¡± he said.

¡°My expectation would be that if we would repeat it in o바카라사이트r countries, we would basically find similar results,¡± said Gerben ter Riet, an author and professor of epidemiology at Amsterdam University Medical Centers, adding that ¡°local research cultures, and recognition and reward systems¡± could influence behaviour.?

Gowri Gopalakrishna, a co-leader of 바카라사이트 survey and a postdoctoral researcher at Amsterdam University Medical Centers, said incentive and reward structures should recognise mentoring and supervision, 바카라사이트 neglect of which was 바카라사이트?third most common misdemeanour. ¡°Mentoring can really go both ways,¡± she said, contrasting 바카라사이트 ¡°open and collaborative¡± habits learned from responsible mentoring with what 바카라사이트 authors call ¡®survival mentoring¡¯, which is ¡°more about teaching you to cut corners¡±.?

The overall findings of 바카라사이트 survey, based on 6,813 responses,?.

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