We recently presented evidence of data tampering in four retracted papers co-authored by Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino. She is now suing the three of us (and Harvard University). Gino’s lawsuit (.htm), like many lawsuits, contains a number of Exhibits that present information relevant to the case. For example, the lawsuit contains some Exhibits…
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[113] Data Litigada: Thank You (And An Update)
Thank You A few months ago we reported evidence of data tampering in four papers that have since been retracted (or re-retracted) (Colada[109] .htm). A few weeks ago we were sued for doing so (Vox .htm). Lawsuits can be very expensive, and a thoughtful and generous group of colleagues and supporters started a fundraising campaign…
[112] Data Falsificada (Part 4): "Forgetting The Words"
This is the last post in a four-part series detailing evidence of fraud in four academic papers co-authored by Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino. It is worth reiterating two things. First, to the best of our knowledge, none of Gino’s co-authors carried out or assisted with the data collection for the studies in this…
[111] Data Falsificada (Part 3): "The Cheaters Are Out of Order"
This is the third in a four-part series of posts detailing evidence of fraud in four academic papers co-authored by Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino. It is worth reiterating that to the best of our knowledge, none of Gino’s co-authors carried out or assisted with the data collection for the studies in this series….
[110] Data Falsificada (Part 2): "My Class Year Is Harvard"
This is the second in a four-part series of posts detailing evidence of fraud in four academic papers co-authored by Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino. It is worth reiterating that to the best of our knowledge, none of Gino’s co-authors carried out or assisted with the data collection for the studies in this series….
[109] Data Falsificada (Part 1): "Clusterfake"
This is the introduction to a four-part series of posts detailing evidence of fraud in four academic papers co-authored by Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino. In 2021, we and a team of anonymous researchers examined a number of studies co-authored by Gino, because we had concerns that they contained fraudulent data. We discovered evidence…
[106] Meaningless Means #2: The Average Effect of Nudging in Academic Publications is 8.7%
This post is the second in a series (.htm) in which we argue that meta-analytic means are often meaningless, because these averages (1) include invalid tests of the meta-analytic research question, and (2) aggregate incommensurable results. In each post we showcase examples of (1) and (2) in a different published meta-analysis. We seek out meta-analyses…
[104] Meaningless Means: Some Fundamental Problems With Meta-Analytic Averages
This post is an introduction to a series of posts about meta-analysis [1]. We think that many, perhaps most, meta-analyses in the behavioral sciences are invalid. In this introductory post, we make that case with arguments. In subsequent posts, we will make that case by presenting examples taken from published meta-analyses. We have recently written…
[98] Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Field Experiment About Dishonesty
This post is co-authored with a team of researchers who have chosen to remain anonymous. They uncovered most of the evidence reported in this post. These researchers are not connected in any way to the papers described herein. *** In 2012, Shu, Mazar, Gino, Ariely, and Bazerman published a three-study paper in PNAS (.htm) reporting…
[93] ResearchBox: Open Research Made Easy
This post introduces ResearchBox, a new platform for easily sharing data, code, materials, and pre-registrations. With a design and approach similar to AsPredicted, ResearchBox simplifies, standardizes, and organizes supporting materials for publishable research. Compared to the current leading platform, the OSF, ResearchBox is narrowly designed to make it easy for authors to share data, code,…