The case of Diederik Stapel, mentioned at the start of Chapter 3, is used as an example of which questionable practice?

Correct answer: Outright fabrication of data

Explanation

This question links a specific example of research misconduct (Diederik Stapel) to the correct term (data fabrication) as defined in the chapter.

Other questions

Question 1

According to the 'Reproducibility Project' mentioned in the text, out of 100 previously published psychological experiments, how many of the replications found statistically significant effects?

Question 2

What was the average effect size of the replications in the 'Reproducibility Project' compared to the original studies?

Question 3

How many psychologists were involved in coordinating their efforts for the 'Reproducibility Project'?

Question 4

Which questionable research practice is defined as the selective deletion of outliers to influence statistical relationships?

Question 5

What is the term for mining data without an a priori hypothesis and then claiming a significant result was predicted from the start?

Question 6

What is the practice colloquially known as 'p-hacking'?

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT listed as a way to enhance scientific rigor and address the replicability crisis?

Question 8

The 'Replication Index' is described as a statistical 'doping test' developed by Ulrich Schimmack in 2014 for what purpose?

Question 9

What is the primary goal of open science practices as described in the chapter?

Question 10

Which journal, identified as the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science, now issues digital badges to researchers for open science practices?

Question 11

What does a 'Preregistered' digital badge from the Center for Open Science indicate?

Question 12

The 'Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines' have been formally adopted by how many journals and organizations?

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of the questionable practice of 'cherry-picking' results?

Question 14

According to the text, a failure to replicate a result by itself does not necessarily discredit the original study. Which of the following is NOT listed as a potential explanation for the different results?

Question 15

The text suggests that low replicability in psychology may be evidence of systematic problems, including a publication bias that favors what kind of findings?

Question 16

What does the open science digital badge 'Open Materials' signify?

Question 18

What is one of the key purposes of publishing both null and significant findings?

Question 19

The phrase 'replicability crisis' refers to what phenomenon in psychology?

Question 20

Which organization is mentioned as having spearheaded initiatives like the 'Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines'?

Question 21

The 'Many Labs Replication Project' is mentioned as an illustration of a failed replication of a finding by which researcher(s)?

Question 22

What is meant by the 'file drawer problem' in the context of scientific rigor?

Question 23

Besides the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science, what other entities now issue digital badges for open science practices?

Question 24

The text states that in addition to highlighting what not to do, the 'crisis' has also highlighted the importance of what?

Question 25

Which federal funding agencies in the US and Canada are mentioned as having imposed requirements concerning the publication of publicly-funded research?

Question 26

What is the second questionable research practice listed in the chapter, also known as cherry-picking?

Question 27

What does the text say is the risk of a researcher performing inferential statistical calculations to see if a result was significant before deciding to recruit additional participants?

Question 28

Which of the listed solutions to the replicability crisis directly addresses the 'file drawer problem'?

Question 29

The text suggests that one promising response to the replicability crisis is the emergence of open science practices. What future for science and psychology does the author predict?

Question 30

According to the summary of the Results of the Reproducibility Project (Figure 13.5), how many of the 100 psychology findings were considered non-replications?

Question 31

The text identifies the 'selective deletion of outliers' as a questionable research practice because it usually has what effect?

Question 32

Why does the text argue that data fabrication is worse than a 'research practice' like p-hacking?

Question 33

According to the text, what is a key benefit of designing studies with sufficient statistical power?

Question 34

What is the fourth point listed as a way to enhance scientific rigor?

Question 35

The finding that 'washing one's hands leads people to view moral transgressions as less wrong' was the subject of which replication effort?

Question 36

Based on the information in the chapter, how is the selective reporting of results (cherry-picking) different from HARKing?

Question 37

Which of the following practices is NOT a type of open science practice encouraged with a digital badge by journals like Psychological Science?

Question 38

The text suggests that others have interpreted the failure to replicate research results as evidence of what?

Question 39

What does the text identify as a consequence of the widespread use of questionable research practices by psychological researchers?

Question 40

In the Reproducibility Project, what percentage of the original studies had found statistically significant effects?

Question 41

What is the third questionable research practice listed in the chapter, also known as HARKing?

Question 42

The text argues that the 'duller (but incredibly vital) process' is often unfavored by publication bias. What is this process?

Question 43

Why is it important to describe one's research design in sufficient detail, according to the chapter's list of ways to enhance scientific rigor?

Question 44

What does the text imply is the relationship between p-hacking and the number of participants in a study?

Question 45

The author of the book cites Brandt et al. (2014) in support of which recommendation for enhancing scientific rigor?

Question 46

What is the key feature of HARKing (Hypothesizing After the Results are Known) that makes it a questionable practice?

Question 47

In the summary of the Reproducibility Project (Figure 13.5), it is noted that some of the 61 non-replications had what characteristic?

Question 48

The text suggests that the 'replicability crisis' has prompted federal funding agencies to impose requirements regarding what practice?

Question 49

Which questionable research practice is most closely related to the 'file drawer problem'?

Question 50

The movement towards open science practices, as described in the chapter, is presented as a response to what central issue?