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This suggests to me that there might be a follow-on problem with fabricated results. Given the "publish or perish" thing in academia, and devaluation of negati
by CWuestefeld 12y ago
This suggests to me that there might be a follow-on problem with fabricated results.
Given the "publish or perish" thing in academia, and devaluation of negative results, it seems there's a strong incentive to obtain positive results. And this is likely to increase the incidence of researchers being pressured into tweaking data to obtain affirmative results.