Questionable Research Practices

Question 1

what is HARKing?

Answer 1

Hypotheissingpresenting a post hoc hypothesis (i.e., one based on or informed by one’s results)

Question 2

what is p-Hacking?

Answer 2

the inappropriate manipulation of data to enable a favoured result to be presented as statistically significant

Question 3

what is the file drawer problem?

Answer 3

• The selective reporting of scientific findings
• also called publication bias
• describes the tendency of researchers to publish positive results much more readily than negative results, which ‘end up in the researcher’s drawer

Question 4

what is the replication crisis?

Answer 4

a crisis that impacts the methodology of scientific research. Over time, it has been realized by several bodies that the results of many scientific studies are hard or almost impossible to accurately reproduce

Question 5

what is a registered report?