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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 unknowing 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:

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