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'''Academic dishonesty''' is academic misconduct which violates the principles of [[academic integrity]]. For students, this primarily means cheating on a test - pretending you've learned more than you really have. For researchers, this generally refers to [[intellectual dishonesty]], such as knowingly presenting an unsound argument in favor of a proposition for ideological reasons. | '''Academic dishonesty''' is academic misconduct which violates the principles of [[academic integrity]]. For students, this primarily means cheating on a test - pretending you've learned more than you really have. For researchers, this generally refers to [[intellectual dishonesty]], such as knowingly presenting an unsound argument in favor of a proposition for ideological reasons. | ||
| − | Scientists | + | Scientists unknowingly drift academic dishonesty by incorrectly assuming that a small sample represents the whole (see [[statistical sampling]]). The pressures of the "[[publish or perish]]" mindset may drive some scientists to such deliberate acts as: |
* faking research to support a theory (see "[[fudging]]") (see [[Michael A. Bellesiles]], a [[professor]] at [[Emory University]] who faked gun ownership data in early America to support [[gun control]]) | * faking research to support a theory (see "[[fudging]]") (see [[Michael A. Bellesiles]], a [[professor]] at [[Emory University]] who faked gun ownership data in early America to support [[gun control]]) | ||
* discarding data which contradict a theory | * discarding data which contradict a theory | ||
Latest revision as of 14:24, December 7, 2019
Academic dishonesty is academic misconduct which violates the principles of academic integrity. For students, this primarily means cheating on a test - pretending you've learned more than you really have. For researchers, this generally refers to intellectual dishonesty, such as knowingly presenting an unsound argument in favor of a proposition for ideological reasons.
Scientists unknowingly drift academic dishonesty by incorrectly assuming that a small sample represents the whole (see statistical sampling). The pressures of the "publish or perish" mindset may drive some scientists to such deliberate acts as:
- faking research to support a theory (see "fudging") (see Michael A. Bellesiles, a professor at Emory University who faked gun ownership data in early America to support gun control)
- discarding data which contradict a theory
- character assassination of scientists who advance competing theories
- refusing to make data available for review by interested parties (See Richard Lenski for an example)