Testing an active intervention to deter researchers' use of questionable research practices.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In this study, we tested a simple, active "ethical consistency" intervention aimed at reducing researchers' endorsement of questionable research practices (QRPs).

Methods

We developed a simple, active ethical consistency intervention and tested it against a control using an established QRP survey instrument. Before responding to a survey that asked about attitudes towards each of fifteen QRPs, participants were randomly assigned to either a consistency or control 3-5-min writing task. A total of 201 participants completed the survey: 121 participants were recruited from a database of currently funded NSF/NIH scientists, and 80 participants were recruited from a pool of active researchers at a large university medical center in the southeastern US. Narrative resp

SUBMITTER: Bruton SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6883712 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature