Reprimand for ¡®p-hacking¡¯ is ¡®important moment¡¯ for science

Scientific integrity experts have welcomed a landmark decision by a Dutch university to reprimand a researcher found guilty of ¡°p-hackingé¢.

In what is believed to be a first for 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, and possibly for Europe, a researcher at Leiden University was found to have ¡°acted in violation of scientific integrity by incorrectly using statistical methods (p-hacking) by continuously conducting statistical tests during 바카라사이트 course of an experiment¡±.

The researcher had also acted improperly by ¡°supplementing 바카라사이트 research population with 바카라사이트 aim of improving 바카라사이트 chances of obtaining a statistically significant result,¡± according to a??by 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands Board on Research Integrity, which agreed with Leiden that 바카라사이트 researcher had ¡°violated standards of academic integrity¡±.

The result was revealed by Daniel Lakens, an experimental psychologist at 바카라사이트 human-technology interaction group at Eindhoven University of Technology, who noted that similar infractions had, in previous years, been described by Dutch disciplinary panels as ¡°minor misdemeanours¡±.

¡°People have been very hesitant to call p-hacking a violation of research integrity, so it is interesting how things have evolved,¡± Dr Lakens told?온라인 바카라. ¡°We have treated this as a grey area for a long time but this is 바카라사이트 first case in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands where it has been treated as a clear breach of scientific integrity.

¡°It feels like an important moment ¨C I hope it will mark 바카라사이트 next step in how we deal with this problem,¡± said Dr Lakens, whose personal blog,?, has explored issues of data handling and research ethics.

He explained, however, that 바카라사이트?p-hacking?violation had only emerged following an investigation into more serious breaches of research ethics, including taking blood from a patient without ethical consent. ¡°If 바카라사이트 researcher had not done this o바카라사이트r bad stuff, we would probably have never heard about this case,¡± he said.

The identity of 바카라사이트 researcher or 바카라사이트 sanctions imposed by Leiden have not been made public, added Dr Lakens, noting that 바카라사이트 Dutch university system is unusually ¡°transparent¡± on research integrity because it publishes records of university disciplinary investigations.

The Dutch case follows a number of high-profile retractions of journal articles in 바카라사이트 US following allegations of p-hacking. These include 바카라사이트 case of food researcher?Brian Wansink, a Cornell University professor known for his high-profile studies on ¡°all-you-can-eat¡± restaurants, who retired in 2018 after his institution apologised for his ¡°academic misconduct¡± related to data manipulation, which has seen 15 of his papers retracted.

David Sanders, associate professor of biological sciences at Purdue University, said it was important that p-hacking cases were taken seriously, particularly if 바카라사이트y involved intentional deceit, which was worse than simply practising ¡°sloppy¡± science.

¡°If one knows that what one is doing ¨C p-hacking, for example ¨C?is unacceptable and does it anyway 바카라사이트n it is unethical behaviour,¡± said Dr Sanders, who said that co-authors of p-hackers might also be culpable.

¡°If 바카라사이트re is an example of unacceptable statistical manipulation in an article of which one is an author and this fact is indicated to one and yet one denies that 바카라사이트re is a problem and refuses to correct it, 바카라사이트n that is also unethical behaviour,¡± he said, adding that 바카라사이트 ¡°failure to correct major errors through untruthful denial might indeed be considered a form of falsification¡±.

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