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Suter WN. Questionable Research Practices: How to Recognize and Avoid Them. HOME HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/1084822320934468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
This article focuses on questionable research practices (QRPs) that bias findings and conclusions. QRPs cast doubt on the credibility of research findings in home health and nursing science in general. They assault the research integrity of all researchers to the extent they are permitted to exist at all. Each QRP is defined via bundles of specific research behaviors with unifying labels that include deceptive mirages and phantom sharpshooters among others. These questionable behaviors are described in ways that enhance research understanding and enable QRP avoidance by careful home health nurse researchers using higher standards of scientific rigor. QRPs impede scientific progress by generating false conclusions. They threaten the validity and dependability of scientific research and confuse other researchers who practice rigorous science and maintain integrity. QRPs also clog the literature with studies that cannot be replicated. When researchers engage in QRPs at the expense of rigor, overall trust in the scientific knowledge base erodes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rohan Anand
- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit and Methodology Hub, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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Micoulaud-Franchi JA, Quilès C, Cermolacce M, Belzeaux R, Adida M, Fakra E, Azorin JM. Électroconvulsivothérapie et niveau de preuve : de la causalité à la relation dose-effet. Encephale 2016; 42:S51-S59. [DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7006(17)30055-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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