Data fabrication: Can people generate random digits?

Accountability in Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 31-55

  Mosimann, James E ^a,b   Wiseman, Claire V ^c   Edelman, Ruth E ^b  

^a Office of Research Integrity   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

data fabrication; Dirichlet distribution; Dirichlet multinomial distribution; multi nomial distribution; random digits; scientific fraud; scientific misconduct; uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008594416     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989629508573866     Document Type: Article

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