P-hacking and optional stopping have been judged violations of scientific integrity
Daniel Lakens (noreply@blogger.com)
On July 28,
2020, the first Dutch academic has been judged to have violated the code of conduct for research
integrity for p -hacking and optional stopping with the aim of improving
the chances of obtaining a statistically significant result. I think this is a
noteworthy event that marks a turning point in the way the scientific research
community interprets research practices that up to a decade ago were widely
practiced. The researcher in question violated scientific integrity in several
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