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Did two honesty researchers fabricate their data?

Jul 28, 2023 · 25m
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  • Behavioral scientists Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino face accusations that data in their famous honesty research may have been fabricated
  • Their study found moving attestations of honesty from bottom to top of forms increased compliance, but Data Colada blog discovered suspicious patterns in Excel spreadsheets and data distributions
  • Raises questions about whether groundbreaking research on behavioral nudges was built on fraudulent data

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