Suppose in one experiment in a series you found no difference in your participants' responses to the levels of your independent variable. You suspect that the levels you chose were too close together. So you redo the experiment with appropriate levels. It would be ethical to
A) leave the first experiment out of a report if it adds nothing to the conclusion.
B) report all results regardless of the outcome.
C) change all results that do not fit the theory.
D) report only the best experiment if no more than five experiments were done.
A general principle to follow to determine whether an action is scientifically ethical is to ask whether
A) anything has been left out or anything added that is not entirely truthful.
B) the action aids the efficient growth of the body of knowledge.
C) the action will further your career.
D) the action would pass an ethics committee.
Which of the activities listed below would the author classify as neat tricks?
A) falsifying credentials
B) piecemeal reporting
C) reformulating theory
D) all of the choices would be classified as neat tricks
You should publish the results from a series of experiments
A) as one experiment at a time so that they get into the literature quickly.
B) in as many separate journals as possible.
C) as an integrated series.
D) as a book.
Data can be eliminated from an experiment if
A) responses to certain levels of the independent fail to support your hypothesis.
B) responses fail to meet criteria established prior to the experiment.
C) participants seem uncooperative.
D) data should never be eliminated
In the book, the author called actions that are generally unacceptable but not outright scientific fraud questionable tricks. Which action did he identify as a questionable trick?
A) fabricating data
B) reorganizing experiments in a series when reporting them
C) reformulating theories
D) failing to meet the assumptions of a reported statistical test
Which of the activities listed below did the author classify as dirty tricks (highly unethical)?
A) falsifying credentials
B) reformulating theory
C) omitting experiments from a report
D) all of the choices are dirty tricks
You should keep raw data from a published experiment
A) until you finish the data analysis.
B) until the experiment is published.
C) for a minimum of about 5 years following publication.
D) forever.
It is ethical to fabricate experimental results
A) only if all other alternatives have been considered.
B) whenever the experimental design calls for it.
C) if fewer than 20 of the data are missing.
D) at no time.
You should always report the experiments you did in the order you did them even if it would be more logical to report them in a different order.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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