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I tried to report scientific misconduct. How did it go?
This is the story of how I found what I believe to
be scientific misconduct and what happened when I reported it.
Science is supposed to be self-correcting. To test
whether science is indeed self-correcting, I tried reporting this misconduct via
several mechanisms of scientific self-correction. The results have shown me
that psychological science is largely defenseless against unreliable data.
I want to share this story with you so that you
understand a few things. You should understand that there are probably a few people
in your field producing work that is either fraudulent or so erroneous it may