How scientists fool themselves - And how they can stop

Nature

Volumn 526, Issue 7572, 2015, Pages 182-185

  Nuzzo, Regina ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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DATA ACQUISITION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SAMPLING BIAS; SELF ASSESSMENT; STATE ROLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THEORY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRIVE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SELF EVALUATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84944104794     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/526182a     Document Type: Article

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