The Traditional View About Data Falsification Is That It Will

question 29

Multiple Choice

The traditional view about data falsification is that it will be detected eventually by the scientific community because

• A)faked results won't replicate and will therefore be discarded
• B)a faked result will raise suspicions during the peer review process
• C)both alternatives a. and b.
• D)none of the above

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Definitions:

Ecological Validity

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Nonequivalent Control Group Design

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Quasi-Experiments

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