Ersetzt man nach Erhalt frischer #Daten die ursprüngliche Ausgangs-#Hypothese durch eine "passendere", betreibt man sogenanntes #HARKing. Damit führt man die Kollegen an der Nase herum – und nicht selten auch sich selbst … — In unserer "Freitags-Kolumne": https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3156.php
Hypothesen gehören vor nicht nach den Experimenten formuliert

Konstruiert man nach den Resultaten eines Experiments die Ausgangshypothese zu einer passenderen um fhrt man die Forschungskollegen an der Nase herum Und mit solchem HARKing fter auch sich selbst

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Table 1 of the "False-positive psychology" paper (Simmons, Nelson & Simonsohn 2011, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2916240) estimate the false-positive rate of some questionable #ResearchPractices, both alone and in combination (see attached figure).

I remember reading somewhere that the authors later stated that the numbers were inaccurate and should have been somewhat higher. Does anyone have a reference for this? #FalsePositivePsychology #QRP #phacking #HARKing #ReproducibiliTea

What's your favorite resource explaining #p_hacking and #HARKing ?

Needed for the @digiresacademy advent calendar 🎄

[en] Cheating in Science: Harvard "Honesty Scholar" May Have Been Caught in Dishonesty

"... dishonesty can lead to creativity" - an interesting and somewhat amusing read.

The New York Times: "Questions about a widely cited paper are the latest to be raised about methods used in #behavioral research."

https://datacolada.org/111

#ResearchHighlights #honesty #dishonesty #phacking #harking #dredging #gino #harvard #fraud #cheating #academic #datacolada

[111] Data Falsificada (Part 3): "The Cheaters Are Out of Order" - Data Colada

This is the third in a four-part series of posts detailing evidence of fraud in four academic papers co-authored by Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino. It is worth reiterating that to the best of our knowledge, none of Gino’s co-authors carried out or assisted with the data collection for the studies in this series....

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I just had a long discussion with a colleague who is about to start a complex and burdensome #experiment whose design imho is flawed. I'm well aware my reasoning might be wrong. What troubles me is the handwaving way specific experimental design questions, e.g.:
- What are you going to measure as result?
- X and Y frequency
- How will you interpret if Y is say 20%?
- We could theorise, but we'll do the experiment instead, we'll see when we get the results...
#harking #reproducibility #science

@tedpavlic I'm sure it's not the intention - indeed they add a cautionary note - but this kind of advice leads to HARKing & other questionable research practices that massage research into a neat narrative.

It's the antithesis of #OpenScience practices like #RegisteredReports. You should start with a research question, a summary of what is known, & then the methods. Post-hoc theorising must be declared. It keeps you honest.

#WritingTips #ResearchWriting #HARKing #QRPs #PublicationEthics

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