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Research has indicated that questionable research practices such as p-hacking occur in many published studies, thus resulting in false-positives that lessen the quality of research in fields such as psychology and biology. For example, John et al. (2012) found that 65% of the individuals that responded to a survey reported that they had p-hacked data by removing a dependent variable in a study. While much research has been conducted about the prevalence of p-hacking in studies, there is little that looks at whether or not students, professionals, or practitioners are able to recognize p-hacking in published studies. The purpose of this study is to determine whether Psychology or Biology students and faculty are sensitive to the evidence of p-hacking and bad research in abstracts. By developing summaries of research that describe studies that have the clues of p-hacking, we can see if psychology and biology students, faculty, and professionals are sensitive to p-hacking and research fraud. |
