One-Third of Scientists Surveyed at Major University Suspected a Colleague of Fraudulent Research.

Wheeler, David L.

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ERIC Number: EJ358229

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Publication Date: 1987

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One-Third of Scientists Surveyed at Major University Suspected a Colleague of Fraudulent Research.

Wheeler, David L.

Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n2 pA6-7 Sep 9 1987

Questionnaires were distributed to 1,100 behavioral, biological, physical and social scientists at a major research university. Those surveyed said they suspected a colleague of falsifying data and 54% of them had failed to check out the suspicions or to take action to remedy the situation. (MLW)

Descriptors: Ethics, Fraud, Higher Education, Moral Issues, Plagiarism, Questionnaires, Research Universities, Scholarship, Scientific Research, Scientists, Social Scientists, Surveys

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