A Researcher Decided Not to Report the Data from Three

question 31

True/False

A researcher decided not to report the data from three participants whose results contradicted the researcher's hypothesis.This is an example of fraud.

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Definitions:

Internal Validity

The degree to which a study establishes a trustworthy cause-and-effect relationship between a treatment and an outcome.

Variable Changes

Alterations in the value or status of variables within an experiment or study.

Correlation Coefficient

A numerical measure that describes the direction and degree of relationship between two variables, ranging from -1 to 1, where 0 indicates no linear relationship.

Numerical Index

A quantitative measure or indicator that represents statistical data points or trends.