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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 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:
* faking research to support a theory
* faking research to support a theory (see "[[fudging]]")
* discarding data which contradict a theory
* discarding data which contradict a theory
* [[character assassination]] of scientists who advance competing theories
* [[character assassination]] of scientists who advance competing theories
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