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1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scientific Fraud
As the saying goes, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." We know that's true because statisticians themselves just said so. A jaw-dropping study reveals that nearly 1 in 4 of them report being asked to remove or alter data to better support a hypothesis. That is called scientific fraud.
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Nov 2, 2018 | 1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scientific Fraud by brahmwg | 527 | 218 |
